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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' i1 j, a5 D# v R `3 Z
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,1 ]3 j/ X0 H. @3 B5 W
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
( U4 \" b E* R0 [, N! hAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
( h- g! H8 p0 L8 _ }His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
9 ~' c0 W1 T" y( ^2 B% y; AWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;' y7 ^# [6 T9 c5 H9 m* v+ O& Y
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,8 x* B! i# z9 k$ s) ?: O- s6 L
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.6 c! |' P: ]/ f: a, i0 Y) f
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,7 Z6 E0 u$ F. v- g
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,5 ]( g+ D+ c2 y/ L6 y* S
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
" _' Y2 W. [; \3 h2 Y5 nAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.+ q! m- d+ p2 v8 b: c+ `) b6 \
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,9 {9 |' `& {" o% `
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.$ X; _; G! A) @3 [* C w6 m0 T E
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
% Y9 j M8 R& H5 G& r/ S' U) HGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago." n9 _ I2 g' S( Z- D
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' W4 d) H3 N2 z* b6 _% @3 SThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,% s0 N) y* b v- A; j; F
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
" w6 Q( N* y$ H, yJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
4 X& z. j8 @3 Y6 L3 H* Z! l) OKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.; j& e, u. X2 e, M
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,6 a0 l/ H3 ^1 i; }2 f1 S
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( D, Z5 T# k1 p" S* x" R1 \* `
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,+ g, e, J+ I. o7 A
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.9 v1 M( p. E! f3 O, J9 ]4 V H
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
! S' q- N7 M. F! DAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,1 |* p* x8 u' J5 y8 M# o( k
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,$ l4 q& R( }, F8 i: ~8 j( J
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.: N" u* v, s8 g$ O# C5 V3 k
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,+ m$ O+ r! f0 ?* B4 Y
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;8 T" Q! @8 e. E# @4 N
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: c0 V# b; c dBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.1 J8 T( P7 ~4 V% I5 }; u
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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