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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
; C; q$ ]/ K: A: m; ^- X9 |, k+ ~When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
: U1 X; ^- b/ E- b* x `2 cFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
0 g/ `1 Y! U3 t0 H4 I( t# \/ B" uAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago. l% e+ |. y+ M, F9 \9 H+ |: }
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,$ w6 o' _# a% [/ O$ |$ y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;3 ]0 U( N( o8 C9 L8 k! z
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 Y5 a! r) r0 o9 jWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.3 ~' M- _2 m5 b0 Q! ^0 Q* z3 ?
+ a4 n( [$ O+ e9 x' \Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 s) M: m5 e# l2 |1 O( OAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
! m6 w5 y- H0 m( G2 a# u% HHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
/ b& v8 Q9 ]9 L: H# hAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
4 ~, y& T& h1 f5 SWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
* y- Y( ?( G! w! M- Z) I3 pAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.4 k, f! B4 H7 \3 ~1 S0 m6 N
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* B3 W" s' C1 [# U4 }) {% IGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.# ^0 v5 C/ j7 q$ J, p6 H; O7 \
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3 {* t: d( t$ PThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
! }1 |7 y) i3 v- [6 @4 p, tWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
- K m2 A7 w! Q" `# C9 H2 GJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,5 [) Z% e3 U; I, C6 [
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.# w7 _9 g' r+ J% q" N
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
: _- }' u9 b0 k" CAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;. G& f" r0 p% B8 z/ X7 L
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,# A Z7 @; G9 R' p G5 Y
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.2 S! ^' R! |) n& i( d! q, H
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide0 J& u) ~4 y( `0 v
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,% ]2 g8 }) F9 {3 m. b+ H1 \% X
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years," k/ u7 n0 l/ {2 D5 z+ B2 K1 `. r, @4 q
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
1 U- |. d/ S6 b+ ~, j8 r3 ^Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
7 X! X' Y3 @# c \' C* KOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;1 U8 {( T: V1 Y% y3 p
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,5 ~" g ?$ E8 |) y" S8 p
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.+ s) P, @( L. i$ z
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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