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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay/ y5 u& D8 l- S# d! o, A. H6 s5 N
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
. r. v9 M+ \* S0 p' F, JFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
3 Z+ N) p5 g2 i+ K" r( f5 G( X* VAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
# i! E7 \4 F* [His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,; l! v( B( u3 ^9 E5 r2 T3 b
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
) Y) B S7 p9 r3 E* pA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' h: X' v$ |" r+ G$ z3 e! l
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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1 m0 h0 f+ O- X" v" ~. ?Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,+ W" }! @1 j- {6 W6 c: M Z
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,, o2 I& m2 j {9 ^
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
6 t/ b! N8 d7 `7 xAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago. m9 N: ^" J6 {* f
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
2 W# C1 E2 i2 F, F tAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
% R& \; Z4 o$ z/ X3 q7 W$ zWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
! q: x' `% a: k* RGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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( Q# b7 V4 e' ?1 V0 j8 ZThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
" X: d! I7 q H) Q) Z) G$ ^! e2 sWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,/ J7 n1 w; Y/ _5 x
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,3 C) f$ D1 u- d( W
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.) J7 C O: @% }& k% V5 b9 ^0 N
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
' L1 b0 t& b) e( [6 I+ W5 G7 |And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
, j$ A8 q6 C# L/ `Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& p! o, v! J/ c, m9 M, ^4 ~Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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) s1 d* ?* I. A; D3 oAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
& @! g8 }9 d/ bAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
; z( R2 l: D. d0 Z- d5 CIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
7 g1 B5 ]/ W: w' c5 sFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.) f1 S& H6 y. u
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
- L7 V4 p9 B9 O: MOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
7 v. a! u% R5 n* c; ZFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
+ {0 G% G @. `/ |) `Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.5 F: U: q' n2 T7 a; S
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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