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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay+ I( P/ C& ~2 Y. U6 y5 z! q8 l5 p
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,% W4 d z7 F& x$ |- X9 Z, y
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,1 `' w6 l+ @- o
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
7 b$ S, w+ O' Y5 C& c& nHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,7 Y: L, Z {& W- t2 o/ v5 B/ p
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;8 E$ P1 e. `0 ^5 o
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,( z$ ?. q& R/ g4 n
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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/ i% C2 ^$ `0 F: p/ l6 Q* j0 pUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; W3 _& k4 E1 Y5 L
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
! G$ ?) x9 B) Q5 kHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;) J4 O/ } J, c* M d( d6 a# |; h- A
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ t7 z9 k# X% W) L4 M [With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
8 p# s3 ~2 n+ i( e. NAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
6 i5 D- \# d- _: c: lWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,4 R7 {' U! p& V( X) L! K, T
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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; c; f. |- O4 j+ C" PThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,* V1 D9 b- d' H/ U1 [7 u
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,9 }7 o4 _' L5 I. V6 @/ r: B
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
' ^4 @' Z; u! HKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* a" v4 s* d' O" x- v8 D5 X
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair, J. j- u% n: ]2 Z# t0 `5 J
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;2 E8 O- a4 N+ N7 h! h5 Y
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee," E3 S! Z4 ^1 A* ^; ]
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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" l1 a; @, ~* Y1 {* rAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide- {) l! P, r' N: J
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
1 G9 C- f0 y- |# N! @0 bIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,+ s v- Y; B+ x8 c* E
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers. O' i$ l9 i8 v- a! Y* C- t
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,3 w, D6 A9 W5 j) Q2 N# y
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;5 q- c' r+ l- W8 `: m7 ~6 f5 V% y; d
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
3 P! L/ T+ L7 {, |5 jBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
. W) h! \. \0 m+ d9 e* ]9 c----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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