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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay( {, u1 E6 P; g9 S+ ^7 b9 k
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,- p# c/ D- p6 q1 M' S) R
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,. u* ~2 V4 S1 S. ~0 v
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago./ z h/ w& w4 x1 C0 x3 v0 y. L
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
" F# _4 {/ s0 C' m! @& b/ ^Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ v. \7 h! A( g/ m0 m9 ?. h7 i8 s' nA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
: V) `9 H9 }: U ?2 w$ mWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,, A! o, K. C9 \- R4 H/ J6 e
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat, e8 e6 t5 V6 V: Q- a
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;) S, P+ W8 K2 @* J2 `& e5 ]
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
" W7 G8 v4 H5 c1 o2 lWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,2 u+ Y6 U8 C% G$ n7 ^
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
' d3 d K4 @0 pWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
: g- g4 u9 w' ^, L! _' wGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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+ B+ G- T- @0 z- P3 c& cThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
" x9 T0 T u# Y: [8 h) M/ MWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,8 W# A9 l* |: \& b) ]* g% ~! [
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,5 ]$ ]' _5 Y3 z1 _& o2 a
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.0 T' q8 f) H* Z
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
6 X4 [% I1 F& V3 FAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
8 r# f2 G$ g; ]Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,$ I( l. _& W( G8 g$ l8 U
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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6 g m! A) J* `! x+ r. C {And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
6 W/ V6 z2 m9 q" ]1 f* \0 mAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
\ a9 D. K9 B1 gIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
; o( q: d) O9 nFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.' z$ \9 l9 p8 c G
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,0 P" v9 g9 C/ w g0 o$ @9 v
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;/ g+ p: T3 v0 r' I7 t$ Q0 `5 t
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,$ t& |/ j4 ^+ t# n+ q# h# T5 z
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.% _. W3 f3 x( e: j( C, ]5 F6 R/ o) s; o
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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