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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
D# z( |) U# H- u( e) Q5 }5 p, F) q& JAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago. x+ T9 g# s/ m( \3 D
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
/ j/ J7 I0 O) y, l7 D/ J8 aWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;$ W; ?4 v: g' U/ N
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe, t5 }+ G1 `5 k$ m5 }& k4 t0 U
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.. ]. D; R( d5 b# i% A1 T
/ v4 [ ~1 p8 W. Q j6 I- g3 pUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
" g& _- s, o O9 U8 ?$ |4 TAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,5 A4 ~. ^, o: ]: b
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
6 ]6 N4 Z- ~6 K) O' s& mAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* C! J8 L3 v, Y }* Y: p( L
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
, x: S! A' ~3 R5 I8 R% sAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
. [& k! u' x, L+ N) X* u* mWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,* k# E4 t$ e* C
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.* [4 K9 a6 @% @ Z. I% x
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
+ v/ `' o* y( m m/ ^$ f& ^1 eWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
; I" t6 C: V6 |* nJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
: G6 a/ o F. R- z8 DKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.. a$ V, h- m4 n- P* D; z9 F8 q
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
5 D2 W! e# O F7 N1 w5 K' {2 {And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
+ Y8 N0 P) M. Z I, BGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,. ]' s$ e7 a; o+ m9 Z, B& `
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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5 t3 I" Z" t( ^5 p( @, d! y) }. gAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
0 V1 {: m' V8 }2 x/ ]8 D4 IAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,% ]0 I$ }- N- ?7 Y O0 P: c
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,/ Y8 t! `/ ^ J; }( \
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) |, u! Z* v: K% i! CHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,0 R8 M% Q2 i) W! S3 j
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) ?3 U1 Y2 V1 R! [' `From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: d# Z+ {2 k, b% q1 W" Q. F: t uBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.0 h9 w' t- C) E% Q3 d: T* P, d
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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