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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay& Z4 [( {0 @( @
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
+ `/ K" m8 c/ N& |4 zFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,' ?9 ^& d" |+ b' N$ R A
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.# v' p$ @2 {) i) p% B
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,+ u, w9 P9 G( x$ o4 T
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;3 @) v& S$ |: y: U' H
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' k) {9 J! c8 A3 s9 x' E1 u9 a
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
8 J$ u: Y) e8 k$ d# PAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,0 P& a7 ~- o& `7 C8 F
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;: b5 V+ e5 u! f
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
8 }2 K+ F) i. s* X/ BWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
$ ]: ?( O8 s# t" ?And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.% F6 f. l" y, w2 [# I* Y$ V
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
6 [0 {; c& z$ U5 }Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago." Q2 p8 a6 Z; N. y$ [/ |
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: _# F+ t0 t/ [# C3 `7 dThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
% `9 c. U# F5 ]) r% L6 qWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
" ?* I6 j! _1 w+ N |9 IJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
# |4 d3 k* D( ]( nKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.9 z- @% i! v/ G0 I, {7 X
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,$ G/ e( h1 A) U2 m+ Q& ]" N
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
! C P4 v* u. O0 q. m7 zGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
* B1 T: q: y3 nSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she. S2 M e% Y8 @; _/ T- z$ j* F
0 w1 [( ]/ H N" j" fAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
0 t0 {# h+ Z- [8 I9 bAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,5 l5 p) ^* o- a' c, D# }
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
6 W, B( M d r9 m7 A7 YFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
?. _$ k* D% ~ g0 ~2 j# O# zHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
$ Z& M) ~# X& `8 ROn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;; A! y! B E0 u9 j/ _1 g5 `5 C
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,3 O N3 J! R2 c4 X7 g3 r) s* W' w3 o
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.. o/ S8 |9 z7 o) p. @8 e
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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