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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay" M8 b7 u/ t% U1 B$ m" v
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,$ q+ Y% w$ y) n" T4 e/ W
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,* C+ g, B, c+ o) H5 Z) @7 |* x
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
' U0 ^2 W4 P* x% U0 \. yHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,4 P/ R' u; i" V. F' }) w! D
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;# ^- O2 T( O F: r3 s
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,4 ~! _9 o& N; \, l; G: e# N
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
* S! i6 I# e- l) G+ v$ ^And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
8 Z; Z& T$ f6 m1 I# k2 o6 {Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
3 f& q& r5 Q( M x- qAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
5 J/ q5 V- c9 rWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,$ m9 Y- S" @, ~) ?
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
; f- R. G8 w( s0 KWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
4 E) ^7 \' k6 b& {- ?Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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# p/ y$ O( e) e4 G$ s! ?) s- fThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
& S) W% r- s6 cWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,. _. V; u+ d4 w# Q z+ I* W' I i' @2 u
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! ^; C- E s: y5 o- _/ \Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.2 ?" | x8 o, I
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 H0 P% o$ f" n* i: KAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;, O4 T7 d6 E* l" I6 b# \) s$ w
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
1 Q) y, V q+ n; p& Q- M4 S) ySuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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" t6 v# T; e. K- r' J7 `$ A. s5 o, VAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide$ x# _2 K/ W) Q5 j! ~
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
* R6 H$ G$ L& ?' z! e' l' VIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
$ L+ K$ e9 s ?) A% q/ ?' _For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
, Y6 k9 Y8 r0 U8 J6 s( t3 p5 KHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,# i3 c3 k# [* j+ T4 z
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;9 D1 o- _ s- r, K- O
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,& l) C' t" N- H% u! y
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.& n. x, |" j# n! j, u w
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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