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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay) o; c( o |& N9 J. s( q
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,9 E$ \0 n& I; v+ q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ _* x3 N) O; Z4 A
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
2 s' o+ d' x8 P9 ^# RHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,, E0 B# w2 A/ t8 T) w; R0 u
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
3 p: O( a, w- [# D; J+ [A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,# {1 D' G/ d; N2 P; i9 P. J, N
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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, S& V% e8 [8 W& bUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
* g0 A2 d5 X4 `; t0 b1 vAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
0 x0 o. [; [* O- n$ t) d4 L+ [Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;6 _/ ^$ H0 ]+ C3 D$ c7 S
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 b0 R, }" v9 w9 k4 P* N: u
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,4 l) e4 M' X1 q4 w
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears." l7 j1 N& F8 U9 e
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
9 W; o4 a2 E! v3 fGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago." e [( G7 F( T; B- `7 S
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2 G3 M: p. t; ^- j. ?' W+ j, B/ wThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
3 F' U+ X6 Q3 e* U% m( B: I) u& P2 L7 ZWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,( b1 E# I9 b8 r: D0 y6 H" q* |
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
, [/ O h& Z* KKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
% Q: D, I7 }* i2 B7 tOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,: M- K; k' f' e/ m1 a" U+ g# Q5 ?
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;8 H& R, F% \ j
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
, u1 d4 k' A* j5 G7 qSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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- c. S' v' u% ?& NAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide9 \0 f. h( Q7 t; ?
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
- F _9 ^* e* z0 q- e, dIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,2 W8 c& @ r2 M. D4 {0 [) r
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.) Y3 w$ k8 U# |6 d
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,; J, w2 I" V) a+ U# Z
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;0 l+ i- M, V0 K T* P2 Z* P: @1 ]) l ~
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
% Z& w$ Y! e/ _% h4 L- h! `Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.3 |; x8 z- q8 r) S6 n/ M9 j
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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