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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay$ \# \& |$ h4 R9 {9 K# q! p
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,4 f! C: e1 j8 j* F& }
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
7 b, f1 b# B0 BAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
$ C' c, m% V/ W" cHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
* [- N$ l* ?* O0 g- B# m X$ KWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;7 C2 f$ g- ^0 `. J
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,2 j9 ^1 X0 O6 l5 I5 |: t
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
* c9 _, w7 s; v( S% BAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,5 c& I: ?+ ^. o( s! A# n
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
0 r4 I/ j' Z! o! [( {8 s* SAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
% v+ E, t0 j2 @With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,0 [! G) P* N1 ]; L- s% g, m5 O& W% P
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
6 N$ K" |) V6 B' Q- c9 B) nWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low, a8 J$ ~$ k; L( F
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
3 b4 r( ~: p" s5 _0 vWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,6 _8 m0 w8 W7 k* h- W; [; A
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
7 F4 ]7 m% P, `: l0 f$ T. m9 v& m0 ^Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
* Q& Y! j5 q4 h, Y4 H% hOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,6 y: `: }( f% n1 {4 U" X6 q6 J5 C* ]
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;$ e3 n6 g# _) A
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
% Z4 r% A \: E) {! L# P DSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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* h) e/ ?) Z( m3 t o5 vAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide( e7 } h; l& k$ ]
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
- r5 [/ ~6 H5 x! p' DIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,* ?0 L* L4 D; d& J& Q/ u0 U
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
# n: V4 A3 H0 H+ b& S* yHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
9 [0 q6 ?+ M5 ^On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;" u8 J, w: a7 P. I& L
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,$ |9 p6 @. q& X% [, v+ Y8 I, L7 F
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
. k" y0 ~5 t9 g6 h6 f2 s/ _----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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