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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( W7 W# f$ d* U) E5 e( s8 b7 m# HWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,) z: U" D/ f* b: v( J" v: x$ ~
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
# t* y) n1 o. NAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.2 j9 H! C( @. R, R
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,3 f; ^1 Y7 I; ?, f
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
2 [ r0 U9 `9 ^7 p) X9 SA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) P. n% }. Q" B; M# y" n
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.' H% T [& `) z* J3 c5 h6 M
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,5 m" Y4 D/ B+ e. L! N Q4 X g, m
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
' e' Q0 J! A, I8 M/ zHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
3 ]8 Z- F" ]8 t, f7 Q) Z6 Q2 E5 c+ q5 bAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
" m n' q: a4 j2 [8 n; v- F4 y" c( ZWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears, X" a5 R! b; \! Y% a& |
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
5 q. s5 s; e- JWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; L, R" w, c% r" i- p/ V9 q- \Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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7 E( N+ x6 z z) vThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
+ k2 c- d) y* h- {3 V- L+ FWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,. q3 ^; p) M! M) R& _% f
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,, c& v0 [- O- g% V4 z
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
9 ^! |& e5 `5 G- kOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
5 E' d7 M' I/ Z; Y: }: _And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
- l) c3 b& w- m( @. C- wGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,; O1 h' \3 i4 q& w% w' K7 K$ v! H
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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! N9 L- S. X3 X- e" K8 y( EAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide0 ]- s8 F2 c' P8 S
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
" o7 F+ {6 \, U& `2 U- nIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 X9 y0 m7 t8 Z2 b; O1 p" ]1 W, ^For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.4 ]8 m; r! B( U' u. E
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
0 o0 a, A/ J% ^4 \- XOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
3 R5 E; v$ |2 N( F: F: K- p2 KFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,8 A6 f- \2 K% Z* J
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.% K8 T$ l7 X6 ~0 E# f
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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