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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay2 q' S% e, T* H) t4 F
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,7 e0 v z% o/ _& p; A' T' ^9 r; j
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,2 T' c- j7 V) k# T6 x& J
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
- w( z" j8 L; L$ P8 sHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 E& O9 c9 i# @Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
* f8 b6 _1 E2 VA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 ~+ }6 e- s6 ^
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.& `+ V, n$ \$ o7 j6 h
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,3 p) K D0 k3 ` s
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
& R- J- q# A: V- Q3 a f! _" wHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ P. n9 M% x' n2 Y6 p" D8 y5 X
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.. z4 b6 y' z6 X& `
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
3 ~$ S9 s: b' o yAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
6 M7 @% s3 ? i! C6 L) N6 @+ ]When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
+ n# @3 l" c4 XGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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. S( }8 r8 I$ ^& j8 b' S' j& j yThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
) V! E R& @7 v4 kWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,. c5 d' [% N; `" s- d3 v- \9 l% F
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,% L6 L2 x& @; |1 _8 ~* [) z& I
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
: S6 P) C) W6 T1 ~On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,& o6 P9 J# `( D) S R
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
8 c, r, @8 Y* {, b# ~1 ^. IGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,! X6 O8 d- B+ P. s4 t
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she." h! W& E1 ?) }
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide! I& l4 u: f- c4 n: e" J
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
0 ] q, ?1 u; \ B9 Z1 s4 o* ?+ L; ~In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
/ k$ f9 m2 z2 E; J- XFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
% @1 Q ?1 c& ^) e( p% E5 K) ~Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,* z9 g! U& V5 ~! W/ Z
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;# c+ Y/ [9 p* w* V7 w
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
# |( f2 p' }* z/ fBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.0 p) c4 s! M7 {* ~9 v8 ?* a- s
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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