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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( d) s. Y B! [/ b5 m7 d) T. x: qWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,$ \1 z9 Y0 X9 Y! ~5 H/ }
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
% Z6 `( e7 v- {/ K0 t" P; lAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
7 u7 [4 ]5 O# F$ \- uHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
3 B+ r( N7 p2 S# z- i, U1 Y' w# u4 AWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;! Y+ ^ P' |3 j: z T, \
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,: n3 m+ a4 Q/ {- J: H
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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" c1 I" Q/ b7 m+ VUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,. {6 _9 b& H9 j( P$ v! T$ x
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,0 M' P" Q5 _# P1 F, o1 M# }
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
0 p2 |7 p( k8 P# R) A$ r: oAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
3 N+ m1 h* N& vWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,; L* F% x/ u2 J3 |' d& X& {+ N, d
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
4 C; L8 e: @. L' cWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
3 |9 V( n7 i; oGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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$ B7 q- R# q2 W8 M' h# z% yThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
& B. Z/ F, X5 {% |Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,$ r) j1 V ]3 g5 z: `. `
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
, ~( m$ [* @1 |" C0 CKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.0 [5 G$ U+ F! W. Z* y# u
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
$ w5 H0 g2 v2 k% ~" \8 xAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;1 T9 T' Y) i/ S5 g b( p
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee, p9 V; ]+ S0 x$ N9 o% g
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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7 l6 i6 G3 t. ]: [, VAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
0 g' K% f- B7 k5 wAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
2 W; x& _1 Z$ S' y. I: RIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,* t6 i7 @1 ]4 J, G6 n; M+ C1 P
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.8 K6 |& i: P; l# h/ s2 c
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,5 i" [$ W: R' a* x' Q* A* N
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
9 S/ x |/ H. h: w `From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, R) D. w N) o/ {! g8 a( r; s
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
2 d* \% s2 x d: p& j: p0 Q----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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