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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay# m0 x0 m* { N# Q+ X" O) `+ j: p
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,- l# O+ c \4 E
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,- l+ ?! V# u! y0 n% C. o. e4 h
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.; I5 X, s, O3 G! @' E K. m
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,9 `9 X, h* Y) F$ T8 n
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 o3 R' ?1 x( A$ G0 K
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* w+ b7 B5 L$ x/ t" d9 DWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.5 O& d* ?/ n# `! I3 L P
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
! c9 ^% B, J& t5 VAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
6 [* [0 i, Z5 O! AHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
2 g- V+ H# W, ?! G* fAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.$ n. n) ^: s8 |. s) Z5 w% b& M6 @
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
; D' j2 E0 E: pAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
/ p8 `+ l! P7 J" w( VWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- K; X# \3 U8 _( G4 j r
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.. H' _* ~& Q0 o& p
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 b5 X+ g5 e, e+ k. y; J
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 x X/ s, Y) R, b: v- c8 eJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,+ P6 {4 l1 p) X D5 {) s
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
: ~& [3 r) Y p+ W! e+ g4 |4 AOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,, r; m4 d+ K- v5 c
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
- `9 ~( G. e5 P7 z5 r# QGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
. S: G" [9 N! dSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.# d( N' L- N6 G/ ^0 {; h
7 G- H4 c/ S2 s0 Q1 qAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide, ~+ e6 V; d+ @/ _! j
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,& \; ~$ D2 H- ^
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,2 j9 d& Q2 e- C9 `7 X% V
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
8 G* x6 r+ N7 u6 q* x/ G2 Q6 THand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
! `2 J$ V4 @$ c" r6 OOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
9 g$ ]' e5 s4 Z& v( i/ b# }: x( UFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,: _, Z) J7 I! B. a6 ] V# }, q
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.2 A \: _: l1 w
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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