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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
: c2 G1 J* m; M( N5 YWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
! l7 ?- D% M2 k7 mFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row," t& _/ M+ V$ w: @4 b% k0 @5 X
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
1 v2 L/ v* l4 _: b& GHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
- h9 ^, J% O' P; G4 m( oWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
5 C" B3 K3 H) B7 D; ~( ?A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 C O, ~, ^$ i: p4 J1 G
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.2 S! Z8 _/ ^0 a4 n1 Q6 k
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,' J j6 E' {" f* A! t& m
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,4 ]% P8 L1 I, @. \8 S! S
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;8 Q! ]6 ^+ C3 }
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.7 o- U- o9 g9 ]+ [9 q3 P! Z0 s" W
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,9 G- ^9 u- n8 M5 l
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 N5 O8 Y) g6 p) I: R& R
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,, m: E: U$ g7 z/ f% ~
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.3 f6 R4 d0 i# ~1 i5 L
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
/ V' E% ~+ M% I8 D- y. |2 u6 ~Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
4 I9 M/ k; l& ^+ RJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 y+ Y8 F0 p' m* y, I. BKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.6 |# j% Q) q9 `. W
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,' i( A* q) N2 u# ?# v+ g
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
[! V* e/ X* A) Z2 O ZGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
N: c- c9 F2 C% E: \7 J% o2 U( KSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 a, y, w+ G/ s& q
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide, c1 J1 v- o9 i& l
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
* ?9 f- N0 S4 C- m) q! @+ TIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
1 m( D# @ Y; \. d/ f, ]For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers./ _6 o {" Y' M; e0 |' {" U; n
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,( |% b/ V+ \" k' l6 v6 u3 Z
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
, S" X- D: i N3 T B' {+ ZFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
. e% C( P7 e3 \* X" \. X* H6 ^, bBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
( a/ E0 _( v( X' Z3 G( V----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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