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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
- ]! m0 _0 B G& m/ IWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,9 P4 p8 m' E$ a9 A+ U/ ]2 A" p, U" V
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
( C- ]5 K# D) m" V3 ^; N6 V: EAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.1 w) k" u6 ?, g8 n7 {' b% f
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
4 t& o8 X, n; y: h0 z8 j6 xWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ l4 w) A0 b2 Q5 @7 sA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,8 H W" C0 j8 y
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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: A/ Q( o9 U* Q% j9 _, X# \# s3 _Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
5 w" Q2 F7 t' a+ ?3 U; MAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
: ?* y4 S0 d, r3 }, K; _; N0 T# Y YHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;2 [" F6 v* j5 F
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
$ u2 D6 e% \6 v b+ RWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,# H/ f0 z. {! h: @
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.- I# O0 S( M# c$ x* Y/ p
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,9 s' `% Y( A( P' @' P& P
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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; D$ |0 \6 v: X4 W: N, m5 bThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
1 y1 O# p4 }) y, g/ oWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
9 {7 e& j, m2 a: CJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,4 a5 I* b. E6 j1 B v+ H
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
4 |' f }7 \" G; jOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,( L& z+ ]7 V4 Q0 n( K! Z
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' G" i* v& i5 A! e6 |" x. ]# G6 NGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
# n$ v* u! w/ v7 L# ]Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.$ @! ]0 X, G$ d. R
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
6 u7 J0 o" b% f' VAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,7 B9 e7 B; |$ w5 d
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,0 e) ?1 r# J' \$ p: Z+ ]
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& S8 b0 q7 B+ z" oHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,5 Y' b, }% _% P* ^# S( p. r5 P
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
+ F4 C4 [( g [From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
0 e: U; B! @. A0 d" G4 E0 d7 nBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
+ g7 i, G3 L! W' t8 g( d----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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