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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay0 c" t! P0 a, b1 J8 N9 V2 S; X( G$ ~
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
3 F. n9 @2 s% B) L6 U$ y4 o2 IFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
& L/ b4 d9 x6 ?6 _9 d3 DAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
2 @ k/ v3 T6 X* m+ `His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
# Y: U( F2 p1 w. `* w. eWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
4 \, L) x0 M3 ~2 ^$ EA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& g/ O( V. P; x
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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8 H8 F8 @: p8 q; BUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
& J. U( N' ]: Y5 \7 O5 m+ OAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 L1 M5 f. x4 E8 p' {; V
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
4 S! K8 @! j: E" ^1 v+ o4 ]' BAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
K" G( f7 U3 p: C# A3 R3 zWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,. f5 U }3 b3 n0 G
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.6 X1 ^. t6 e) v: u: e, t
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
' S) r& h7 g. A8 ^3 B! S/ R hGood 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, b: V8 @* s4 v5 ?5 Q
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light, \4 o- y( E. c1 q4 j
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
6 i. V1 d s, ]1 @Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
- R# G, s0 K6 D7 i4 fOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
+ ^& [/ }3 N+ Z5 S. O% M, MAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;/ y& W4 u+ U& ^! T6 n
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
. i- b8 h( G G- ]Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.$ \. D$ d# s: s+ L: {% O
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide) U; ?* ]7 U4 l; w* A" {/ f
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,0 i: Q# a$ _1 _; V( d' ]
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,# |6 h, H( g( |5 ?/ o. o5 _ M# ~7 C
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
7 m B& D3 g1 ~4 V8 N% b8 f) Z" d2 O0 pHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
$ [% s0 B) E% L& w! n% [On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;$ t( c& j0 y0 ^ R8 W+ y0 o
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
5 l! | B! }* t% |Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
8 p7 D6 U3 ^( b7 x: a% D3 F----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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