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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
: E* V: y( X) i. O$ T, ^+ O! tWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
* B' g* U! q: N \4 S5 U: J! uFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,$ E D, W( z) y- G
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
8 p: d: ]3 ~& M" XHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,- R; _- @+ L* P
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ |; I4 C, [' X; l k* a& sA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& p+ Z2 c2 v1 G. p" V
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.* q6 {7 z5 E. f5 r' G+ N
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,$ j3 \6 B) G2 C/ e
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,# J5 s7 Z$ Z' N8 \, j, g: ]* C
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;0 X F/ N* w0 j& `- L
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.6 c7 V* z) {; ^9 |+ n' T
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
& }% B( c& x/ x5 t# Z) n+ BAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.0 e: L7 K6 c8 \8 Y5 e5 i; ^
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
" N7 @ W, ~ q, `. S2 V7 DGood 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,
6 Y' }& w0 V5 QWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- `) p- t6 t' I E& G* N# O! |8 b
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! g6 |4 c1 [. t' X9 HKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
) i6 ?! e+ r3 Z& jOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
+ Q% s* f# d- }; q0 K; o( N) W2 CAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
- s* ^. {2 |' ]Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' t+ Q& f2 i& k* A% ASuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.- A; P( p G* i: P. \! o F; }7 O
, A8 k6 T' z) DAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
6 M3 h/ Q" l5 N+ Q* r" X7 a6 J1 u7 {All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
3 v6 ?2 D2 |7 H$ d! TIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
- K: ^+ }) v) C8 g, q EFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; W# n5 M! c# S0 h+ s2 r% A4 Z
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
/ f! z6 v8 @% WOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;# U5 h: T( N! g& J R' |
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
" Q5 e3 ]) j; A: {0 D! V6 i- K" ABringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
! y' @( r+ i- {, E' E0 m----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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