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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
% V! p2 L3 ` @) t. Y4 a1 G! [When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 F3 t; Y( N8 h, m- j6 W/ W
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
Z* R% a1 C2 i: UAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.* b9 L6 [* M% {/ w8 S
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, t" L+ ?, M0 K6 o- ~
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
4 Y# F/ f; j+ _5 AA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
`0 z" r' c$ _+ Z" K% I, @9 e. rWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
( P; U# o. y7 RAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,' h- o0 B. a$ X8 X
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;- `" _5 D6 Q3 D4 x
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.. s1 K/ g/ u. }
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,2 i. l% E \: e
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.3 c( W" m2 x* s D, ^! w2 M N5 l
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,1 i' d4 t9 l0 E5 y
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,5 a- s; z! ?3 A1 d) k
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% R( w; t% t- M- aJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
+ c6 A+ a- ^9 sKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
: j' Y. w( c5 |On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 f: F5 L# J% e9 I# T
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
( l3 B* C/ {. V9 bGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
, ^& Q. c) f: d9 D- mSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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7 I. T0 l6 F/ NAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
& D9 B* a& z8 d* n8 zAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,1 }6 f8 u8 g N8 h, n
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
, [ G1 Z/ |8 z$ H: X( QFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
1 `3 j) G. t7 mHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,; ]. x7 f3 W" \& g
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;: u6 Z" u3 D' c4 J
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,( q) ^& E$ H" [! |5 H- P
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
& w4 I; g2 \. `9 j5 E+ C; _----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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