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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
/ p/ ]6 e, d1 A( NWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,; T2 K0 ^ q" k; w$ y) p) [* [
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,) Q& L1 X T; L" \: \+ d% S% r
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
, m5 i, e( x3 ~$ B2 t7 n0 ]His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
" a, z7 l; k( b/ g- `. u, iWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;4 z/ ~: H9 v7 v6 C- z* N
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,7 H0 O+ C. i& y4 H6 k
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.& } |) o. ]7 `0 }2 W
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
+ ]* h* h2 F9 p7 k9 `: eAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
3 e) ^9 t, x. a2 CHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;* R3 r0 e9 x; T# I. q% D" ^( V# ~* g
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
1 p5 {7 [9 I xWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,5 ?& X. ]; t% j4 e4 D) L: C
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
; p& G3 @7 O4 AWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,& E3 Z m- l0 K( Y8 T
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago., B9 \0 e2 ^8 r/ o4 [) ~
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4 I9 }6 Y; I* h, }. G: ^There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
3 C# {& e3 g. Z p# c! JWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
- x( R; ~! r9 l3 mJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
7 g* N# }0 m" cKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.. M' t& ?, j4 f$ b
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,# ]" i* K8 ^) T' m# K: }6 J4 |
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( j x0 Y) V& l: g- W* V) a4 j% D
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
t' H( C6 e0 W* `Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.6 x9 R( B- `; V$ W% S# c( M r
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide7 O. U# g, Q3 f8 A6 d( `
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
- c+ @6 }% Y' q" q4 A; fIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,& o6 y0 p! d8 r" M4 [7 W; y3 u
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.. f0 m2 d. ^& w, G ?
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,) d8 l0 V: Q; d- i2 p4 V
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;0 {8 ~* ^: J; p
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
. ~4 C2 P- D1 @- W& A0 U! aBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
+ w9 W5 d/ t/ g----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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