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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay" l4 x4 W5 w$ J6 P& F9 Y
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,# W8 ~2 E- {" W. q* I4 x l' q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* e: {9 U$ z7 n4 [- d/ XAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
! l# m [: u" I t# B2 FHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
/ K. D! r2 H& K" `# ?Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
; l8 k5 M: s* b+ Z+ X: ^A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 s) e) c$ ?( hWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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# s6 j' k% L( p; S1 pUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% [5 g l3 u2 R# Y( m& e
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
/ G+ z7 f0 d5 R8 s" p3 L% ]( DHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
9 t! I% B2 O _* t8 B' y3 GAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.1 D- N$ R" H7 W0 v( X3 ^
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
# O2 a3 t; f+ v* C; C* ?And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
: l# |+ ]! A; i+ @2 ?When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,3 X0 e8 ?4 j+ V! z
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,, {8 y) K2 t% l* Z1 t
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,# e8 _( c, G U$ c
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,2 l, E! V6 C% ]; U K+ h. |* K& M
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.& E" C+ ^; B/ g
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,) ?7 e1 k: J, ]# M: A( N
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
8 x# K. U6 Y* R; t. _Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' Z9 I& D! O7 Y2 u# XSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.# L3 }' t/ }0 g; n
S) g! v* `. U: GAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide9 j$ s/ H3 l8 w7 x& E
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,$ Z. g9 f, V# a) ~; U2 B3 d I' f
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
8 k1 d' t1 U, z8 b DFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
. U1 {8 n( f+ |Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,5 D. W$ P7 o, z
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
8 v# z' f1 D8 _# e# n% P% tFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,& O: C% n7 [8 `$ E0 |# p
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.4 X- m8 f! e, b" O( P) E
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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