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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay: |2 ~9 W( F+ S3 V: J' g
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
2 Q/ ^' ]; z6 r2 f& {# j2 YFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,! l7 m' ^) Q9 {2 H; i* Y! n
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
% P& {# h( H, g7 q2 ~( B+ Q& T eHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,/ X* ^7 j' W+ K! w* Y `
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;) c/ [# q1 d/ ~! m. K( D3 `
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe," P; f4 l- w9 D' H
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,' R' R W, e$ J+ B& Z4 O1 E
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
5 C* \1 a/ D- P, N2 J4 T/ uHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
- q4 v5 c4 e, C9 R+ A d( I4 q+ VAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
' ^& S& q9 K% ]4 h, q0 E" t" IWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,4 h; k, U4 D4 m. b
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 Y; {2 t: e$ A$ Y2 P
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* z: I# k/ F5 [# I3 |% I0 RGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.# @) N# @. F+ d7 q
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,% P; m6 C1 U" q4 Q( d
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
& ?/ q: z$ |& G( p6 X" H2 JJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
: v7 m: S p2 B6 e' b' v$ Z/ wKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
* J( ?2 v4 Z) l4 }: UOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
2 h& |) z" z. E! V" tAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
- u6 C* k9 F. L! H# p. s& ^2 }3 }Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,. P. y; k9 \3 t8 d4 F3 i" t! B
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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. B8 B4 G Q! ]+ S" bAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide7 a9 |4 ~% {0 R* A) K+ |0 S
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,# p% p3 l, ?# m1 q2 L( D$ i
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
) a9 v& n3 o9 F& IFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
6 C! P, d, r- X# J2 i) aHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( k3 J# N( B6 D2 t f! k& e% jOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;8 @" B6 a# q# @/ z! b. P
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 r% o9 w$ ~/ T9 |* r
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.6 ^ b" \2 B, g( Z
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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