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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
$ ~! A, C2 |1 dWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ f8 Z. l' P5 y8 [* b9 kFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
& K+ G9 v' o: tAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 X W% d7 V" ^ s" I% zHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,' E4 k& b# p: w& y. r, U# @1 X
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;& M' y3 N( S7 i- k( m- i' U, [
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
5 D# Q5 u. j1 m9 m& C4 CWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
- W! c! Y; T6 \* E4 vAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
1 E- a1 D; p/ R' D' _( U9 gHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
% g/ B' [) T9 M' }8 S. ZAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ X n* B7 C+ A& W" CWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
7 t( l6 `) h: p; f4 ]# qAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
) N! i2 R+ Y9 ~, f, CWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,7 ]: W5 z: a( {9 r
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.' P, c/ l# i& o& @2 y
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. Y$ Q( j' C3 M& b _1 MThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
& _% A' L" r: q3 P9 q- |Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
3 l9 Q2 W% i% q2 |9 }4 N! O) j! |8 A# kJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,* X. U$ Y' T ]" a/ J
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago./ V, G. C# M! D, a+ ^( B
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
7 Z- P. {: v! C5 G9 cAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
7 m7 E* _: N# W0 Z; fGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
+ K1 c7 @* o: m, D5 iSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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/ J7 Z) L0 s% U+ B I3 M AAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
0 n4 j9 x4 b7 q+ u3 j: G6 y. s" yAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,; N! r% o$ N) N+ R7 [
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 C* i: n2 R2 f: s% h9 jFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
: K# L7 y; F9 T5 F9 j) D2 gHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
: I7 B& u4 | f7 g' bOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;3 n# H4 Z# t) z: q4 u: J0 }
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, d( {5 W" L5 O+ j+ @$ W6 }2 C
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.8 `3 N5 n- A* L1 |/ J# c/ i+ x
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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