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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay3 j) W |& A/ o5 ^
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ f; [, I# X" a- J# FFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
% N' a& h4 p* C c+ VAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 v' a9 T- e! g: u- H/ p% c1 GHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,6 }* T# j3 z0 y' U4 g7 j
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
$ C2 H- Y$ I- H: _8 m `1 rA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe," g: V- G2 G& K$ G, P7 y
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.3 A5 [4 K4 A2 F2 s8 u) i j) X
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
/ E% ~1 [- L9 u" `And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
, v0 A8 Y0 `" R7 R$ [ \) B) ~Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
5 M% H1 X! J$ y+ p1 F% bAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.! S7 r) T O7 ~& o9 P( Z
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,5 s, ? T/ E2 ]6 C& [5 v+ Y
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
! k. O V: b5 D0 vWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
. \. w% h, p, G6 Q: w6 @Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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/ J+ \: e9 _/ y1 [/ M, @2 IThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
& f( Y/ R. ?! c( i# NWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,: R/ W- \# e1 n6 \" F( W
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,8 E( _; U7 S8 C3 f
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.) E9 t. \7 C4 q" `
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
% y2 z/ J: M" fAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;5 g$ X" _6 E& M6 u- c
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,: s# L8 A' H, \+ b! D
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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1 d& ?* E8 L0 J ZAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
! ]5 [" o J/ `. H0 ?All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
* P; K# _1 y; }3 sIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
1 E1 @5 l# T7 k% yFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
+ r% g8 V4 |% THand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
) Y) W$ L; {7 `. r- aOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;% v( q+ j8 Y9 h5 @; N) O
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,6 }2 v: X( d `/ Y
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 B. t3 {5 R3 E4 L2 Q9 E
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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