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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
1 i( E! i* W; O4 x* z( d. pWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
6 X" i# i$ @- k6 O5 h3 @2 B, dFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
' T3 p7 ~: ?1 w+ z1 jAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago., G0 L: M9 H/ ?& C0 n
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,6 P! k3 P9 J# p2 e+ T9 x
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
# [6 c t8 ?* h" {; K9 QA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
& ^7 {) q4 B. Y9 x0 B4 jWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.8 U7 i8 c4 H# ~( j. o5 N6 F
, V, _7 k0 z( sUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,$ ?. n4 b, N0 s/ O
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
% R1 X3 S& z. D8 R gHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
. y) ]2 X4 s+ nAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
/ B! T+ Q; m) P& x; OWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
& g+ [& r, g6 k7 U% F# ]And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.2 n# z4 i: {4 `$ R2 X! i* e
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
# c8 W7 b$ O1 X5 C, S- cGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.4 D- R. M9 B6 f2 W
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night, I) p9 ?" R, f( J) D: T
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,0 ?' }! v, j! H1 s0 b
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
3 s# p* `0 J1 c4 E0 W& Y2 x0 uKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
; I4 m4 F. c4 u, F. I @5 b! LOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
" x$ a7 q4 t! x) o5 t2 U' LAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;0 A- o, T: B9 _/ _( B
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
4 k6 _ Q1 z5 Q* ?+ ASuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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; h% ^+ E- d& M; r& @And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide! }3 e" O& w1 j( c. z, n
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,. A) h6 |0 N+ A$ C- P- z
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,5 b& l8 Y; y4 O# L0 P' g+ U( q
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
9 n7 z1 ^; E5 y& |: v, K8 U- g, t/ DHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
" \& T% a1 P2 d/ @! pOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;5 G" ~( n/ q$ _7 |/ @* {! m
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,6 Y8 {3 u% u# t
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.$ K/ \2 q; ]# ` v+ b4 e
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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