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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
; b- k/ w8 K6 p! C3 S1 `. I* a$ |0 EWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,* x& L9 n P# [
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# L* v1 ~& o: c; [
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.9 x, e' a2 c3 Y4 O' h8 k
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, y8 N8 H! h k" v, q
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
) K' |8 d1 Z0 kA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& j8 r& q, n# [, d
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 H( B1 o/ L0 fAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,& e" {' [( `0 \
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;# F3 H8 N. q8 d8 y I% H+ h
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
# l, L) h7 g2 C3 |5 X, `With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
; b( [0 R2 ^4 s, d: V# T3 \4 x) KAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears. L# y9 W; i6 C7 ?5 X; O) m
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
/ ]# p, v( x# B6 L; Y( t% SGood 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,
( j' W+ \8 E: k1 U xWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,# J: A7 K( t% Q5 S: A5 }
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,3 k" _( N$ _9 H0 y
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.3 Y6 R- W, D& f. ]9 n4 A; j
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
- B9 m; v; p* y2 j# j4 q) p: `5 zAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
7 s) \+ q- p3 F7 cGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ D7 B6 J p( j. ]7 @% _8 [3 Z, mSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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: g! T5 G+ L$ s& \# fAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide6 v8 S7 M4 D* k7 x' b% }$ D9 L
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,5 n+ M7 B: c6 S7 f9 R8 {$ C( ^$ Y
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
& f! z, {) ]: W; B" jFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
- y; q e7 Q- C5 Z5 UHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
* K% t7 o* n, Q2 U: z+ }On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. ] H* z% U4 d- v! |( C
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,+ m! c) o$ J, {2 v9 S8 N
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
: `8 Q1 b8 V4 B' l% j+ N----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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