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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay6 H$ S4 [9 S q# p
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 \ g- D6 b i4 o/ jFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
% ~/ P/ P( Z+ Q, Z' i7 NAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.- @* J Z" X B" Z/ s1 z
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein," h8 c) k0 T! K4 l" f& O# h7 S5 n0 o
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
: z: c+ r9 I, ]/ V cA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
}% e# ?5 P8 i8 W% Z% q7 c5 dWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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( v0 }, h2 [! \/ E8 LUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,4 Q5 o% n Z" z* y
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,' ^1 K: f$ \% y) u$ @' i
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
* Q, `" I: g3 Z% uAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.6 E1 A! N; k! y
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,! o; G+ R- u+ V( U/ F( M) q- U
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.) q$ h% {7 R1 m- P+ q- Z
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
0 s2 S8 ~) j( |( S* G" n4 BGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.6 @& z" S8 ?# x& o& g0 \( c; o
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,, I) M$ n4 z3 S/ c: j
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,6 ?' c5 n( f6 E5 i/ ~. G- ?! s
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,+ ^" C+ ~+ F( r" c0 B4 s$ C/ L
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
3 K/ O9 a# p& O9 o( A7 ?On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,3 B4 n3 K! f6 X
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' G; F. n) f/ X& nGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
+ P* f, Z ]+ ]0 rSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.. [" U0 o1 K% U# i! c6 m
W4 ~5 \) g/ f( NAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 K6 w9 G9 n' l9 E) D
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
9 I+ S3 I, n7 E f2 W }' aIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
+ i! Y9 f, u+ z5 n' |% ZFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.1 ~1 B+ b* }* }$ ]; X5 W4 ~" o6 ?& `
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
9 Y8 p$ b: V C( SOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- f$ h9 H( @1 u; z1 k
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
+ d" O+ X7 S3 s' m' aBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.. L1 U1 X. |6 @! Y
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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