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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay6 j- Q2 D5 @5 z" }( C4 a 
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,( @3 X9 |4 z6 T' n 
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,% K8 n& Y! P; N8 n2 T 
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.  t+ |* n7 H" i0 |! K 
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,5 n+ L( [$ ]8 ]. {7 h1 o 
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;; y4 ]) r  a. K: s 
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,% V  k& b: Z/ v/ N$ t 
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago. 
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,5 t5 C. d5 i7 ?  z, k6 z 
And hid her girlish blushes beneath  her garden hat, 
' C! X! }  q2 v+ l3 eHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow; 
  M0 f) ]3 Y1 G1 w! r7 yAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago. 
$ A5 M$ [7 D. H5 \$ U  WWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,0 |( j/ k0 M' y; g1 | 
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.. [6 N. ^4 c$ B 
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,+ {9 T( E' A2 i! E 
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. 
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$ `* e0 Z/ Q) \3 eThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,  G& H4 {9 o6 D 
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light, 
5 L& A' G/ C) v) \/ BJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, 
8 a. b0 Q3 z! R* O* D' qKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* ^' J  ^+ |( O% L! G! Y& ` 
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair, 
  d8 V; F' M. ^( [$ J: BAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;# \5 S* M1 b) S3 C; k 
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee, 
; k: V# P: @" O) B) |2 KSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.% d& J" l$ o* K/ A; m8 @% v# j% d 
 
7 W4 E0 y: ], S8 E4 H' gAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide 
; Z. N# I, k* _2 t; MAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,* j- ^; E0 q) g. @, Q5 m 
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years, 
6 W8 l, C( b$ V* d% |2 M- }For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.# r0 f- {1 X& ]9 p3 l5 W& w- M2 A 
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,$ D5 F& v' U) L2 ~  @ 
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love; 
: _; t1 ]# z! c- M4 T# X. N# dFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow, 
3 E" F! d4 X$ G0 YBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.( t, m5 S$ X0 u' s0 v 
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |   
 
 
 
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