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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay2 \9 V" M# o2 H) s
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
/ I" m- G; h9 n2 {+ p! jFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
7 l) s% N9 ], C: I* D9 OAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
! G v# W6 B" W& N7 jHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
- G: J6 m; O( E8 PWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
1 o3 N7 h+ _( P8 @. ?6 ?A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
7 m6 Y: b8 M. G/ d- j3 G/ A6 ~Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.- M: {. x1 H- z. o+ x" }2 X" z
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
! i# ]# W4 [. I$ k& E( xAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
6 u+ t. p3 i) O% wHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;( R& a; P" H1 f5 Y8 i
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
( U4 ^# v2 i* S: a) ~; X7 V: ~With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,! [9 T$ t7 J' X9 E
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
4 o9 Y, G# ]6 b* E* u/ zWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
' |0 }5 P2 }3 v4 C7 F7 W6 wGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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2 `( {3 l L2 tThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
2 S6 p3 f6 r4 a1 {: _% ]Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
) q6 E- H% R$ g4 w6 C+ _, K0 ~Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
, L3 k, O6 t1 S0 o( {4 VKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
7 F* w9 ^2 G! @( [ LOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair," e# `% |; a+ s& u( e: f
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;3 [, _+ X$ O# F& t \5 m3 i9 F! N
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
3 \8 t5 j, J5 N; i9 p, nSuch 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
0 O* E$ I1 l% c9 D8 A- kAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
/ W0 k8 |! `7 r6 w8 E$ U! D# {3 rIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
: r+ W( X# g" a2 ~For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; K" j/ m4 \+ d; c c* W
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
) {1 t) \. R2 `% V2 I# \# s. e% COn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- ?* C0 ^: n& {+ |" ~
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
/ D; o- w3 d" k" uBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.# b- {* b9 F5 h: K0 |+ o: Y3 b/ ?/ T
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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