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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
7 z7 w9 w R( I" H( h- vWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,+ e% }, J$ b& l
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* D8 g2 l; J& `$ IAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.# G# G* U- v6 Z
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,1 C, R. h# u# Y4 [8 Q& b5 R
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;, s; c% G3 o4 N/ _+ G% y
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,# l- _- S g. ~- _5 `
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; k- M1 r q, w* N
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,1 k2 S' m, ^6 _6 j/ G
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;# K$ G- r2 D: X% S
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ W$ Q- W3 V! c' E( P+ y. OWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,: ?/ h6 K8 j" H- \/ V7 P8 J
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.% r- f) y7 _% S' ~5 r8 R6 n
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,% x! N' ~; m) n! m# m
Good 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,
( a* K+ N! e8 T7 S0 |Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ y4 g" D# R3 uJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,7 K6 l# z/ j& j$ f! x$ ~& \
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
% d5 v5 O9 ]# P, ]On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,+ b, f. L: E/ f
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;- ^ `# l$ A3 b2 h6 M2 K7 k5 t
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
" ]. \8 U! u1 y- u0 U9 ?Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide4 U( u6 d* r2 i6 w1 _7 X
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
6 _, B" `' Z' }( m( cIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! i, e9 } P/ K0 i4 O4 YFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.( N: [2 `4 T D& v. v
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
8 |$ a) d' g: W$ POn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;) Z) |" }+ ^8 `
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
# n# W1 }7 V' X+ k2 l9 n( R: SBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
2 h5 ~3 R+ H$ M----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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