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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' {5 T3 [2 a# p8 x" o- q5 f
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,9 H& v; x; d+ e8 L+ @* Q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
8 p+ J" \% {& D/ d& }! sAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
6 p6 V- @/ k7 s; YHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,* ~ u) S; T7 S, e N
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;3 j- r' u2 ^: M1 }
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,# I% v* C0 P) n+ @+ b: |
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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) w8 U! I+ i8 D/ n$ Z5 I; G6 l; Y5 @Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 K( O8 i# k q
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
! D. s% L/ G% L% T$ ]. Y( xHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;- z; k# t( n9 X; G
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 k# j! n9 o% p8 J6 @$ i
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( h. m/ Q' G5 \; f
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
v4 x* {% j/ h% R4 J* t5 h- DWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,$ h7 ` H* b6 T; o9 t9 B
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.' [ o3 \" J. N/ A
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; O" [ D# d5 c8 w- wThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night," K B" G! h- C- }, ^) ` \( c- G
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
' G8 V$ p6 V" o3 q) kJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
/ @0 t* I' S8 o# `3 h0 eKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.3 S& x5 K# K# L1 b5 t( ]
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
, }3 b, g8 L1 ^. u0 ZAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;4 n3 f5 y: Q G- t0 w* h+ @
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' B3 j" p6 ]- |$ YSuch 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 wide
4 k8 ~/ T7 V. Z {All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,% l0 \! f. R I! m/ G7 l. t$ S
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,6 l* y3 J* _9 P
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
/ \! L- M$ m+ C1 m( l9 `Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( P Q; u6 U2 @+ s8 Y/ Y/ C0 VOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;2 p# j, `( b! Z, ?1 d2 C( }
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
( x2 o1 \+ a: O" a# m" kBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago./ b A5 u' f1 W) A( |; ^
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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