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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay3 \' u$ |/ ?' C* F
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ [3 R; U4 s J6 R. I* k4 @2 QFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,* @- ^* }4 _3 h
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
( k) v$ b+ C1 U* S7 |His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
$ C: ^2 I$ W+ N& H S5 }1 ~" ]& M* V) IWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
: K/ D6 k9 Z" J- t" ?* {) cA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
1 ^ d' Q' l5 DWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
( a% E5 I2 Q' {; W3 h+ T# s% _# gAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
. z) l% ~. i& k, q+ {: VHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
7 ]% R1 o: e0 |) N- `* H. J9 ?7 tAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.. c6 e) y4 m/ z6 @ r. `/ y9 `
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' I: D- m, V1 A+ z( j' ]8 l4 s& mAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
+ m; j6 S' H" i* v8 y/ E- R$ _4 DWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
0 g2 Z6 @8 Q2 L) r0 @1 h7 zGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago./ E1 Y9 }; {8 n5 n! D' {
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& n; g3 S. y+ bThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,/ N5 R- k) i2 |" V2 B& V N3 a) m
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,& d% |( W- @) B/ y+ C6 F
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! z0 e4 W# p% T$ I! l# KKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
( ~ ]3 F& E* J2 Y% @- z- S+ _On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
8 g( d" y$ d2 Q3 MAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
- C# m# S3 T. J9 x: TGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee, l. c4 S" u% g- y; j( I
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she." T6 x1 _1 r: C/ A' F0 `: a O
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
, P3 i" w' J3 J" I: h; S. yAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side," ~! {4 r+ y$ K8 W
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
, ?5 R8 B j, M4 CFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers./ B4 H- i" L2 z; q
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
9 }) [# f) J ~! x/ VOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
4 I' G4 o% w' B2 KFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
* s" `% p9 l& l3 W; R MBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
9 @$ p* `- |6 h1 a4 d6 ~/ _5 n6 N----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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