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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay( g0 L3 h5 h2 J9 e
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
( E$ ]$ H9 @/ |3 aFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
o* z$ o; E6 Q) UAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
" ?4 v+ {/ ^5 ^6 ^, {8 q; P. k! a3 RHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
$ w8 b6 r0 |+ [, P5 t: dWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
# q) W+ S( X& p" f* k' BA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,6 F0 K8 z# u% w: S: Q2 Z/ d
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,/ l: r9 `7 @+ d; L% b) ?
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,. X( C8 c5 ~$ l6 a
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;! P4 i+ L0 y# Z' i8 a# R5 c6 ?
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.4 S# J$ L; l) b+ h. }9 m' E
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
- o' A1 o2 p' T, E' rAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
" r3 C T/ @. r) }9 u4 x3 RWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,% G( J5 ^! R$ I: v% _9 ~
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.' B1 {1 ]7 Z7 d. u
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8 k% V2 T9 Y/ ?: t! PThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
* v' U( `, U4 @# L# O' NWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
3 D' ?! t* \2 v4 vJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,! F# r7 r b. b* m( u+ b' R
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago. ^! j; z& u: g1 n
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,% e( a5 V/ f$ C9 [) x& O
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
5 V; H. J' A4 a% o- EGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,$ t* Y( O2 Q+ Y
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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( i/ `9 r- d! g F2 v) W9 y- yAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide9 i$ ?% ]' L) M; T3 T, K" a q
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,4 L9 ?$ r' v& ] U
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
, j$ y0 ]% G0 PFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.& I6 D! `/ V+ R- O5 |: l
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,3 \; N7 p4 S1 ^0 K H- P
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
' C$ |' W: e6 F2 |3 A8 q4 T8 M% fFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
! Q4 }& x7 M# E) g; |* L0 K) ZBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
$ s/ s* @4 N5 A- Y: b----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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