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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,2 n* W9 d; ~9 o! A% m0 X+ `
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
2 W8 {6 [* R5 {& c" {; y5 s6 UHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
& F6 H! t8 r7 K" z' Q8 E9 rWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
9 I+ D0 Y3 ^. y% d5 r+ yA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
; I& }" S+ s8 N# u8 b& m2 \% {% }Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.8 A4 H9 I$ E! `# ^* \3 f. D
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; W7 ?. |) n! ~$ z* R( Y' H
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
5 S$ i5 V' B9 z3 l/ O; qHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
6 r% d- K" K0 w' X: |Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- r, w' H* J- g' B0 ~
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,6 K# P3 Q2 t( f: G2 m
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 n7 |0 D* {" H0 J* H! j. ^1 E/ r
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,7 k% E- |% Y! W; d" W5 e
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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, a! y3 U, O, q/ i1 X/ ZThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
& W1 h8 f# i+ d+ W0 j( D& b/ Y+ yWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,0 n$ x9 S" S1 z
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,8 j/ G" P: Q) P7 k7 W, a
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.3 H1 \8 Z8 }; @ \+ C0 d; U/ w
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
, c! U ^+ q* e: NAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;! O' P0 ]" Q* Z
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
, G# r# x! ~$ n* j+ ~Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.+ ]. ~# c. C; J7 X
& L( j" h: d7 D y' _4 ~. c% \And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide$ F% F0 C* a P, _% `
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,( w, `4 f8 [3 L' a; _, E2 ~
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,- N4 C! {1 e4 _6 \) s3 t
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; J/ N7 y# a e
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,6 @. T- H4 @9 s2 r5 o
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;) M6 ^; ?5 L& L3 Q
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
5 t/ s) e; L5 F( j8 Z ]6 q; {0 oBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.! ~7 s0 J8 \# |0 y: z4 R5 B
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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