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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
\" Q0 H3 [3 U mWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,. \% P- R/ h A& g7 _
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,. N9 l( C, p& ?3 p. V& p5 W
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
9 m2 j% ?% w* b3 H- z3 OHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,9 q) ]; ?) I/ N* A4 D; R/ f
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;$ }, P$ m) j+ W7 _* |) E/ G
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 b( u& \& B4 V+ FWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.# t) J" N4 _7 @. W. r9 Z5 S7 d3 y
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
) X- N7 u) e- v% IAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,& Y# f$ ^: ~5 ]( ]( R
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;; C$ E; H- l% g( w3 G' s
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* Z/ _+ R) h2 ?6 I; s3 c
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
3 a: Z) o/ v' P* _And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.# A. X6 K) B Q7 b5 l# z
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,1 f/ G5 d, n3 @# ?
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.5 t2 E+ w1 {5 A+ w* Q0 Q+ m3 w
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& T& G" H4 E5 I6 pThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,7 J; E- U6 n a7 o1 k
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ l- e8 Q+ i* b+ nJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
0 f4 f( r+ s& v% U) z, pKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago. `/ _4 Q+ S4 L7 W' h
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ Y0 ^5 }- {+ n$ PAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;3 o( X( J+ P" u Z0 ]: [ F2 U
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,) h/ ~! Q, U3 b, j6 \& n
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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% Q3 T: K, g1 Y) o! y! C3 V& E- q8 DAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 N7 h) Z' m( Q% g, X4 i# f$ w
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) i" E! m0 ?9 z! K8 ` E
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,0 f( u! ?2 y: O4 }
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.& n7 }4 R/ b n9 j
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
4 X3 Y" j# h4 R: x3 r- p4 MOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;! O1 N7 a) @) D7 P0 g
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,$ }& Y/ ^' E" e3 I
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.6 [+ d/ g3 `: s- @& ~
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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