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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
5 B, @ ]( Y9 B9 r( WWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,2 x: A3 m3 _1 N, |! f
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,) i* a% V& @# \' E( c
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
" Z: [1 a$ U# a }His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
" d4 U% c* \3 L$ \5 f' ?3 S2 |Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
6 B. f$ r/ X' m* x/ V; _, ?A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
: K4 L: l$ J8 N/ \8 e7 B0 [. CWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.1 p0 q; q' E# ?9 r
& W+ ~; ]# b9 Q, L! ^# p9 IUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
/ X$ X3 m/ ^+ O" {And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ E8 g2 D: V S' \' p" p
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ j" y o9 m* I( x0 {' u: w
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
' u: ]5 g* u! c8 ?! x& A9 _With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,/ L# f! ^) \- P, W, o$ f& Y1 h
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
) u1 D3 A5 F4 \When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
& o0 c# b8 r% S8 x2 F" J. IGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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( Y% d! H# ^- kThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
u/ z u# m* v% e ^9 }) lWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
- T% y. w9 d1 Q3 ^; _2 oJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,( P7 q9 P! w! q( X* G' V# Y
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
6 G$ ?1 b; M; I! M$ b fOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
. x) F# A+ `1 s4 L+ [& C$ gAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;, I6 ~& A8 O+ m5 n" w0 y
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,4 Z! ~0 O6 q5 f+ Y" ~
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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; E( K. ^* b( c2 Q! r8 GAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide& l! \( ]/ p# X. m' P
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,, e6 J5 v2 D" U6 f
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
. I3 y0 N- t% |/ QFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; A' ~5 `. V5 l1 a% P$ G
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
' \7 D, ~0 Q8 g0 U8 cOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;3 T: n1 ~9 h5 ~' H) i0 [: l
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
, q f; m8 @' |* [1 K+ }$ oBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
# o1 K" r W% z8 l) m9 }7 M----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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