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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay; R$ W4 f, b8 [5 m# m0 _& R
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,+ w- W, ~& c( O2 Q6 u+ ~
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* k5 [5 m) ^8 k& EAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.7 t" N$ e3 y& n) i2 H
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
* r6 Q# S! e# B: ^8 eWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again; X7 ]* M& B) e9 R1 e/ X+ g7 L
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
6 i( r' J0 q* m+ s4 P! ]% z. Z# @' o6 aWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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3 {) K1 m Q( {- fUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 u9 o5 u/ j. n% C* {6 V
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
2 w+ e2 }6 s2 y# iHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
: J5 Q0 z- j5 U( E; j- c% R/ V; r6 @Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago./ c( Z& ]3 c8 K- Z( o
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,2 g2 X! \) u( q& `9 W
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.: g, }3 J7 n8 B- J, \
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,9 N4 J+ v& E" g Q& p$ Z
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.2 a" h% ~! z, k" q, ^1 V
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
/ L! k' V. ]- }' {# fWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
/ S+ h$ }) S* j$ E+ P pJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
0 Y3 U2 B, O8 g6 J( A+ AKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago." L: \/ D i! ]; }- ?, O( V4 c+ o
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 o' v- Y5 t+ ZAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;+ E/ D$ X" }! V2 x
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,0 G4 d( |; R' M+ L! o
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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2 j# j8 F7 ? l# W8 D) ]: `And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide& }9 @# r1 M1 I" o, E3 i$ F, ^0 p
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,/ ~2 d% [5 c4 {% x6 s5 N
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,9 ]& e0 H8 }2 F2 }' k( Z( |
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
* v0 a; }/ |* X) \6 P! I0 iHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above," H, Y6 U3 F1 P7 t+ u
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. j) \' o; w2 g- ?% C; ^9 TFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
. @" |, ]# [1 N3 d( q' [Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
+ h8 {* t* ?- w! L4 O3 |7 {0 v----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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