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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' t3 S+ B) Y7 m5 H/ ^5 D
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,2 g( e- F% c3 m8 Q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,2 X: X: J; p) w$ u+ [- j
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.% A, O! f5 K9 N9 z) Z F
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,6 v, c- z6 k* M. e$ ]# t/ N
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
$ j/ ^/ d$ z/ e `$ H; qA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& Z5 }7 B0 D; w7 v; Z1 m, V
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.3 ]; h5 b- B; j" Q
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
T5 h. D% G. B0 V5 I( CAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
0 ]# P* A2 _: s- Q; I/ pHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;8 R4 x+ s* H" I& o! Q0 K: [
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
9 _7 I6 N$ q# I& [7 Z# x' s9 `With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,4 U& x2 b$ f5 B4 ]/ e* X, m7 ~! _
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.! y. R, Y4 B: s( F' E
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- P; ~" g6 ?4 q2 V
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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- C* y: N! G @0 l eThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,* O+ G, f+ k6 d
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,* x, Q, T5 l% m; u" C
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
5 F4 C' V! i2 A& }2 ~Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
4 y% G& u3 y4 t- ^; s: ZOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair," @ I3 p/ K9 ?1 K1 m
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;6 C2 D7 f5 O9 F# y: w
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,5 l$ o" f1 ~! 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 wide1 d& Z, N* C* H- w
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
+ W( d7 v" q- d! m6 z& @8 W; }! @In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
$ O" j, B! z5 {3 p* i+ @For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
6 D8 z& j! Y6 M* F3 YHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
. t8 K K) J) t6 k8 TOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
6 o- [ Z; X% y7 ~6 Q! DFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
# l/ [& d7 q3 |% ~8 e5 y2 wBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
" L: ^7 _0 {) r----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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