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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay5 x! }9 B# [* o6 y; @, j: C# M
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,9 @& ~+ y% i4 D& s6 c `% v- u
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
. b8 B2 b3 V+ EAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.$ K" y: x* X$ R" i/ H% O
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,% F8 {6 I- `4 e( o: G" y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;3 W- \2 ^; i, t2 a% R0 ?" l
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,+ S% {0 I, d) {1 w. R
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.7 t4 R0 B6 s# v9 \' ~! o
# p% i- S* \6 h0 X8 _0 h, MUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,. A- y; X6 G8 z8 Z
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
8 f7 r0 H( ]8 p" w+ ]9 k7 f7 CHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
E/ I% r( x- c1 |! W/ m" w7 p/ gAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
/ `/ w; K& Y, t$ ~With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
1 o) `0 D+ d0 x7 {; NAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
. |2 w6 g9 b3 {When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,; k% A- t' ?# n+ `
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
( Z; f. Z3 |9 j) V5 J' I. HWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,# b- R, _) u6 W' u: }: [( q
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
3 q1 L3 ]. M1 h+ R; uKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.9 w5 Z( H5 @: ?
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
$ T9 M' B- M% ?- R' f5 nAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;3 q9 R1 p& h, w0 A+ h
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& m; }+ C& R4 y- M2 P) FSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.* }. P5 B" ]9 j' l, N( Y
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
7 X/ s7 u1 _, [6 f' G* z/ TAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,( y6 W' g$ r- i2 u6 C: f! [# k2 s
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
' V0 g2 h+ L2 f4 l0 d& W) T% ~1 G( ZFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 ] v8 l' r1 M% U" LHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,. U$ L- W4 z: i$ J/ j8 b
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. B: V1 t* h' K2 L
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
# m6 }; z. y: ~* rBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
2 e" |- n. p% L- s4 J( s; d----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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