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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
5 ]5 D0 W3 n2 |8 r) U% s6 |When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
2 ^7 d& m2 ?# l* yFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
& a5 Z1 E# k& ^* i' I, a& W; sAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.5 Z4 B0 j. i4 X! W, R
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,; G/ p+ d6 y, S
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;+ o" Q% U+ ~! K7 C6 a
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
- S2 y5 D: t% z& h. jWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.7 W' y' l! ^) q2 _* {2 q) R
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,3 R2 a& y2 K* p" N
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,: l# W3 C3 @9 D6 s$ X
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;: d) b; ~. A6 o2 p4 z: u
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago." Z1 c% a, R: h0 o0 [- g$ |
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( B! D7 U4 ~% v$ ~
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.0 g. v) U( i( x2 h% P
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
) G, v [3 f. Q2 }& v& J# e* rGood 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,
2 Y$ J3 B; K+ r2 PWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
" q" \1 E( x/ J0 i0 L; _9 T8 A- A' O% TJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
5 e/ A: P9 F" z/ {% t3 ~Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.4 ~/ E/ ?7 }- k3 ^) }; s l& [
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ s) e/ \% g/ H+ E2 A }' fAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;. l0 T6 `# d5 [( h% U" L: k' i$ W
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
7 g5 W3 I# _: l% W4 r: qSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
4 A3 Y3 M, H2 s/ KAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
) J& V/ C) g; K5 \" RIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! y3 ]+ `2 p) E7 V, p1 H! p* aFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.' D9 W n1 j4 @. ]- _
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,: P7 ^9 x$ F3 `& S& y
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
2 d6 D- |& s) }" {. uFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: z! t7 b/ W7 u* s% D# ]Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.( T% m# r2 R. ~! e
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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