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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay% C2 `0 x1 p4 I5 I! o7 d& z# w
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
6 V; o* q' o8 ]From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,' `' R& J, ]/ [' |$ y
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.* G# L4 z( n, k. D" P& i8 I
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,6 I* o; Z0 d) J" U
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;1 X# f& `# \+ T1 \$ n2 }, B
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,# J9 A$ D4 P7 ` V: c% v$ P$ h
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.- n5 O. h1 C Y: r
7 t" {2 R7 L6 w0 y! q* gUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 [" |7 v z$ p' s+ M7 V
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
6 Y3 ]5 n2 e2 R, Y) M& s* ^Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
; M* J" h# I- R2 z: aAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
1 Z- c( Q9 M/ K7 q1 y+ jWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,7 ~0 Q2 Z6 }3 m) [! Z
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.6 g8 o. u" _+ w7 R: Z) y
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) V6 L9 j# y3 U, `$ Q
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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8 t9 ]" p9 e5 R# M9 ^There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,8 ]& B% T! C- n
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
/ k" N8 H2 q) ~5 t' @# zJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
7 {$ s$ i( T0 d4 J8 ^* u! }$ MKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.( l \6 t/ C% \8 q$ r% H4 M6 W
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
' |1 ~7 x8 K( a5 j: u6 s; IAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;0 b/ F$ b: R% j1 {
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
% [" U% k; J2 |Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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) J8 G" r$ O, H8 AAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
$ B' \( b# h7 MAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,& z2 d5 |) p+ H. J
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,5 N; y7 S) p) B0 O
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.5 w; p7 W4 P) \5 Q
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
e9 T% W9 h7 \" S7 _% SOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;; p4 V! w* F5 [# s, |
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, f7 z6 s% F: N4 C i- Z8 _ j3 D
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
3 B* y9 y% z/ G0 H3 l----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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