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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
$ s N+ F% i9 A ~3 c9 VWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,/ m, I8 U% _8 [- D4 o
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
+ B% c1 O2 d7 V5 R( H* v, GAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
% s- o7 a# Z* Q6 x' @- @$ zHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
9 o( H% `% N. Z" V3 QWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
' x$ o. G. @) `+ I1 \; |! m4 i0 h, _A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,: I/ j0 d, l+ l2 v( b) p" ~
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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1 _3 y, ^3 X- `Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,! w+ H) I. I+ Y! O5 }
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
6 U: G# z& E' }* ~Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;, @7 Y5 I7 d( m* g: K
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 X) Q/ v6 n* F
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,& R. J3 c: A' i9 ]) e; @) U) L
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
. G7 r$ J( K& H$ n0 G" e' B! u6 tWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low, r0 b% }, [3 @3 z
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.+ U) d( Q- D! S" D
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night," h* \3 l4 N2 Y
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,/ X% Y# G. c8 M2 ~5 K
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,2 _5 e- n( E/ r8 j+ p
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
E7 P! ]4 }; G j/ O. \On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,* i3 ^6 y3 e) a3 M/ x3 o; L
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair; z* O. | N# @' c4 r9 {
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
: g9 b9 z5 T4 Y- l- C g3 dSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.& w5 K8 {: X$ C3 z" [. ~2 i& u) [
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide4 v: ~9 c0 `( w4 e- m6 x2 l% I
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
9 I7 [0 f( n' H% Z( X5 lIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
8 o- b4 z1 o, l6 A6 K7 g5 FFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.3 \% l. c5 ~; v! x
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,& H8 |2 _1 u( N/ B) l# u+ k
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
! S: f$ u+ [9 ~* A+ Y( |5 C) oFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 s; o i5 {. J+ A% N& j& F
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
$ w' n1 _; ~2 P' [0 y----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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