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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay1 F0 G; m+ U V: V6 c B+ d3 c
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
) g# N+ [3 J& N7 m* U; DFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,: z3 w2 }% S- _3 |. u
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.% Z) z5 o E, [1 n8 p( L
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,( x$ ?% a' u5 ~5 ?5 Q) @
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
& z9 E X+ @3 l$ D# h. S5 t) n( x! XA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
9 y. ?4 T! M2 |; T% tWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.3 n+ `' V" i/ T0 q: i" _! G
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
H* n& b% v% A: C8 gAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
" c0 R4 @; I3 d% A, I9 p' nHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
$ G) G [; i: X9 @, FAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
6 M8 K8 X- w& SWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,) k, A! |8 E0 I+ t) ]& v' f0 D" O
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.; G7 K9 F7 C/ ~
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
& Y" k3 o% O% t2 m) q, H1 |6 J- RGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.5 M* G0 S3 N+ @8 \# D9 I. u
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
V5 \" ~1 f" YWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,, P1 D: C( O7 _( H: O) C/ Q; m
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,8 H- P6 H1 G1 K
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 P+ F' G# e+ z, ~: hOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
, [, y- V1 l9 g& VAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
1 q) L+ z; D7 `Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee," `9 L& o/ F# e0 j7 k
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.9 [, [% m3 v, t3 G5 x
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide2 Y, r$ N3 P7 x+ C5 D4 b
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,; o* p# ~* Y; C$ B/ u6 L' c% ]
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
' i$ r" _$ s7 m. @6 gFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& \( y) z. z0 b+ l9 rHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,. K7 R1 Z( z; F; s/ _/ J
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;' `# Q' h& y* \
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow, D% L' y% ^# @* j4 w
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.$ P+ k- m6 u! u% z
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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