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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay6 p9 q; W( a) i- e3 l9 o; {$ r
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
6 t `$ u! j% o& M f. }7 BFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
( u9 ~# |9 I& E) f4 s: WAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.2 T5 A8 L- E# d
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,; T3 ~4 J/ L# q6 J* N
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
7 g2 A' s" h; f- J. h* PA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
9 F2 n6 R" s" \5 g, WWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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) g9 V6 x- K) J. L8 O. G1 v9 ?Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,1 C% D1 S, Z% O Q8 O7 H
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ w, R% v2 m* h& P- U! H" ?3 p8 p- i
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
9 y& S9 X1 E) x/ \2 _$ PAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.; p( Y7 ?$ ^5 v8 k- X% b
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
- \2 g8 l5 M( G0 U9 L' c4 R7 H/ lAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.3 R0 d2 g/ Y. I- p" v) h) K
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,5 ~4 k+ I# ~. b. n( @& e6 \
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. [+ w9 M1 H2 F/ k4 k* P6 _
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- {/ J( D j1 h5 r4 h9 D& tThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
) C- X3 ^/ Z1 H6 n8 y% kWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,8 P0 g, M- N# }" X3 Z1 w' ]; s2 G l
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,: K2 m; x/ |# E) Y* T
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
- k4 f/ c" a" ?9 U+ b( WOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
' ?. _) n, u. M' K( k0 yAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
5 k2 N) U Z% S: c+ Y$ D4 IGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,2 l! ]( m* X9 Z' G- h2 s6 ~) {
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.9 x! L k7 ~. G- l
. W/ D7 ^; E/ u6 `' G: t# {% u7 H* `And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide1 M$ W- V' u& t) J* K( ]# t
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
' F, F! W/ A% t, I) R. ZIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,! m: y2 l# P" O1 B8 f
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
/ g3 U+ W# w) k. ?3 Y5 [( N* ^. u# iHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
# d# b& i% ], t) Y3 WOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;! U9 f9 a4 q. h
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
4 A1 B4 k! |: ?4 R9 c9 ` {Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
0 @' J U( P# U8 y: }----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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