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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay& p, B! [' t' o
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,2 N0 `. h' M# h
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,) s3 p! s) e6 C% H6 W; p" @2 A
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
$ Y% z/ y8 m6 } S2 `His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,6 x/ z( V/ B# N, a
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;( M4 m6 E, V+ g8 p9 Z/ B1 L. L
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
9 f3 i7 T2 l: kWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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5 E4 C* V2 @; SUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,9 o7 S0 d, P% Q$ W
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
# d$ B1 _- T/ |8 qHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& L) D+ `4 M y# w2 _
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- C# _' b- q* O* ^/ E, a1 J, W1 p+ T
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
% B' l3 _7 U1 b Z6 W6 JAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.! y, J6 G* j$ Y, M" r4 _; [! E- c
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,1 Q5 A/ W# W9 k: U$ K4 Y3 i
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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2 y3 j8 a' [; u1 y+ S; O" FThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,, ^8 W: ^, m% X
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,& b. v, x% e$ v \( v
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
8 U+ P- I1 O1 {1 L" iKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
( S; J! m. v" v4 z8 D' [0 u4 ^' U2 W& [On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
) r- X9 Y/ {5 W0 HAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;. r4 H% `5 \7 a( ^& n* e
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,& ^4 e) g& J2 K3 ~' ^1 _/ X8 y
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.( q4 F% v" B7 \
2 x& R: l8 p# j4 L" ?And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide7 x) v6 W/ A& M( c1 S x
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,; o+ P1 |5 W+ p# i3 Z G
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,' Z( a s2 `0 v5 q$ s
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.$ K/ w: I4 \4 |+ q2 s" P
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
4 |8 W% \- G5 A5 Q+ b( V0 tOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;/ E* b! }' [, H+ w
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
& O( G0 B: B1 `; NBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.. Q" |" {3 D+ S3 w3 N0 c7 e
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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