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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay! c* b; |- k F; D2 u4 W/ X
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
3 N6 @! g+ B% Q& RFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,9 h9 S l s" p* ]$ P
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.) T- \% d7 W0 A' Y$ R, J: n
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
, V8 i: X2 X* I3 C1 N; r0 A& [Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;7 Y3 _0 n9 o: f S! C& c0 W0 |/ D
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' b( i q2 \" U2 b. W
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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+ i& f% C7 y. l! y# e3 c# ~: zUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,# C: I3 a; C3 H, }8 \9 V( o) y9 @
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,) P5 T1 o, {% c y. S
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;* `+ F! M( M& [. K3 I0 R* S' b$ n
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
$ h* @3 x. m; ^0 m0 R0 g& [With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
% a+ Q9 D* u. ~' eAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
4 [7 `5 `. Y# [# D7 VWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,% b* ~/ J$ |' L5 P0 f$ s. M
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,
# d* q6 }# \+ g0 c8 M: Z wWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
# C7 H* G% T0 N0 OJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,5 c+ i! y! M, D/ Y' x
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 a8 |& M# L/ o3 C# kOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,: y( F* c0 J' S* N' [+ Q
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;$ v( N' L a) `. I
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,% J6 ^: h L6 Z* h
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.% n$ A, d& I- A( ?& D
* M& | \9 ~9 |8 cAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide% V) [1 P" @1 v& `2 h/ b& D: S
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,! n! h: K6 I% O U
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years," W6 G" L N g7 ?
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.6 r: E2 ?1 j' n W: v' F
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,5 `6 m# U* D, j+ u, v/ X; f
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;7 r A K4 ?0 J/ B3 M
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,. K- `3 y. z& ]7 h W6 F% |' F
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago., m1 ] P8 v, @, J
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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