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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
+ N( z( O- ^9 V( a6 v! BWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,- b0 t: o. x4 J* i' \* k
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* z, u/ o- V5 |- H* h i1 AAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.' E5 Z7 _! _6 t. _- Z* k
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,- K2 O8 g! U% Z9 {& ~3 [/ N1 ]
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;. s; p) `5 r, m
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
7 M7 d6 u$ v: Q1 UWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.7 N$ l: V; @9 C5 _. c" N, ~5 H% H
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,4 M3 U, z9 `* g, ` h3 R2 S
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
# \* Y% f+ u, B5 ZHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;7 z7 M* L/ y/ W! X
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.) i/ \& o) `% M7 H( D! P. ^
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 f6 x K7 h }% GAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.) e' a8 J% M! E! s1 X$ Q
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
$ e5 _, n X3 R& V# s) V2 ZGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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J7 W3 c! @4 A$ d- v P! F, RThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
2 g3 ?1 b! [9 QWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- H! X/ `. L" H
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,% O7 L8 l; H+ {: x' k' ?; ?
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
' T/ Y% |# }# Z. R0 t0 g; k6 y* P) iOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
& a/ Q# v3 T/ \4 RAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;: m4 N# C( `. q+ \) N9 O, G
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
6 K$ L: E* K: q1 H" TSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she./ f, x' S! I/ P; _
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide& ^2 @( [" J @- r/ W/ h8 i
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,& }/ }: c+ H) |3 _5 e; }7 W: V) H
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
- K% A2 K3 E6 p9 B: Q! x7 |For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
# f3 l$ v4 _1 S+ A; p MHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
; l$ ^) v5 R w/ C) GOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
1 F/ z2 `! [5 `: O3 \/ kFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 C& t( |% j" G& u
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.) t$ y" s( C# U. J
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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