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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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4 U! z1 G3 y; r9 aFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- q V3 }3 e! R) ]; P: rAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.1 v( S9 K8 L9 y, j' s! F2 U
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,% _4 S( `0 N6 n/ O" D
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
$ f7 N" U1 i2 y h* x8 X% |& ?A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 X$ r* z n* l( G+ l$ D: PWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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4 V7 U' y" c5 V3 O/ k* w7 h+ [Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
5 @! R+ P6 ?; ~! P: T3 hAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
4 a/ X( Z, ^: I3 [Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;9 ^& p, @* U! T [: F
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.% D7 L5 w5 U7 ~+ ~' ^
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,! m# j( p( ] S) }+ o
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.' L9 Y9 h, E9 | v. t+ P N
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,+ Z& W' }3 H9 A8 Q
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. [4 A3 m4 N6 o7 x
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,1 g- I' L' Z5 J0 P( X: V
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ f r+ q+ \0 V* A9 j AJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,7 `$ t! z6 p" d& A2 Y
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.' O# @" B$ {- T/ X! r% j/ p, a
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
3 j- X( T( r# o WAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
6 I$ C; v( F4 \! r4 DGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,, R# J' \ n/ L
Such 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
9 ~7 V/ g5 q5 N9 ZAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,, }& o( W& Q! X8 D5 e0 T
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,2 V L9 D: H$ ]* |1 t+ Y/ f, s
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
# K; U4 [9 v5 h; `Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,2 h) I4 Q- u1 e7 U$ F$ p
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
4 ]# |: Y) E( m9 K; E( CFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
- b, R7 E G2 h- c" xBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.4 n( M, k: b/ a
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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