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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
* c* |' {+ J* g, T( e s& B1 _. jWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ E, @8 o5 O$ J2 Y: `( u1 f4 JFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
( x# r# _0 c" b; V% \: d3 q: VAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
9 F! W" y& C0 x MHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,0 @" X# g7 L9 L" |1 d
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;. Q' F- l4 J# D2 n( u. H& l% y" S9 j
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
! `% i1 v2 q+ c, j% P' ?9 b3 WWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.4 {: y" W0 g; O7 h2 }
) d/ a0 ~) X0 A% VUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,0 Z! D2 t; U% y1 U
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,, X3 _: b! j X1 _
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
! A/ |+ z' P: w, c- H. O7 B" lAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
$ q! t, L. {* v3 O" a s+ ]2 kWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
0 o+ _# d7 w# s& d2 R5 ^# ?And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., T$ |9 z, | ?* z" {8 O
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
! l d& X6 @$ p+ I8 I# v" BGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
i7 O$ U* v# C5 \" `% ]" N7 rWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% V$ w! S* M. e7 f1 mJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
( ~; s2 A" m- eKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago." I) M' w4 C1 A" C) g( L
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ O: z8 {8 R- ?$ X3 hAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
& e, Q' b# d5 v6 rGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
! v3 a" O, ?0 }5 f" U( [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 wide4 h; g D" g0 ~- O# z
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
t, J C4 ] ]$ p- Z2 i- l& YIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,; G: B& y9 E2 m# [) V
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 c7 N5 f" W8 x2 N( BHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,9 p' V% y7 I( @0 x7 }+ a
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;: b+ b. K1 `! z, C, l
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,+ }9 L* ~: H# s( p2 |: w
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
; ~- _ I J% w* ?' W7 c----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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