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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
! i; t# g$ z( ]2 nWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
+ \' I: Q$ o+ E% gFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! L& X1 T% \( @! d* dAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.% \ Y2 I: V8 E" I- p# p% z7 ^
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,* c* @. x* w4 r! `5 G% c
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;2 [. K [0 l E* D# {4 V( V
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
% \, e2 p" `+ Y: aWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.$ d( F( y$ u9 B* K
3 L0 a3 w. D; p* SUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
/ I1 | \5 J- K, ~And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
0 ^" A" |5 @, Z! Y: qHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;1 Z% {2 @. ]' j' u3 J. r
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.( n7 t1 y' ?' j1 |! t8 v0 w/ p
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
5 X3 \# u0 x& W$ Y$ h3 IAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 [" n, g5 U5 S+ g: y6 e( T
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,7 X7 K* f* l6 b$ J9 l( S/ q1 \6 g* Z
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.) w# `4 G$ K9 R- a3 S3 C3 r
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
: S/ r. @$ I9 g4 {Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
( q, B, w$ @& R. HJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
( T' F: T" a( R& e8 [; M. AKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.6 g! R$ W1 B9 m" l" @% a9 D9 m
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,, x. A/ o4 Z7 w F' l: M
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;; V/ k8 C- O# E* w6 B i0 S8 B! s
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ r" K% P" K$ `7 z+ v# YSuch 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 wide% u* }" i& \7 [; @
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,- U# k' m- n& ]; `
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
) L1 x# a) a H5 eFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
, M+ W' C7 L& Q/ }% c2 lHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
& D6 i0 |4 ^" g' P% Z/ m8 M+ S) uOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;; I' a8 J1 v+ E8 B, B6 M
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,9 |5 v6 B, c1 h- W- Y
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
0 E5 D& |, i4 d----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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