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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay, G/ Z9 d, w$ Y8 v# I- S
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,- P. h# ]5 A% R7 j0 x3 k+ a
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
& E/ ~, O2 k7 V- z( e* }5 yAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.! c' s4 f* r2 ?8 s2 Q! X( O
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
% P% ~, _# {& E0 G5 n {# uWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
/ x' \" E3 M$ M6 lA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& W8 ]7 O" A, z1 ^, x& K0 f4 @
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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) x1 Z k# J# b0 uUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
% X3 T3 }/ L' G, e, M4 q/ w8 f* sAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,$ ~+ K2 Z' n6 s% s; T
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
- x( j3 q, }% N) X8 c; FAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
7 M! t7 [4 \5 h. h# ]- ?With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
9 m, w. c- U: B- I1 mAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.0 U7 F; {" L9 S' Z J' u b
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,' m) K! @1 q5 S
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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. f2 {- f, G9 |" u. G! f. SThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,) h% g* a) M9 w& f' D
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
& d0 p" F2 b/ Y& ^/ ~Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,0 x5 d! G7 t% R# V; W+ k
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* k K3 X! p/ Q9 r- q" v* T
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,0 z7 q& |4 }* E2 y
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
1 H; w1 |% c k5 S9 T$ {! @7 KGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
) M; r8 Z$ [1 b, g$ YSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.9 e" t* L1 O" q- n! O1 ]' V+ [ h
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
7 ~; `" M$ E% D! X: M3 mAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
3 {" ]" k/ P( }* t. Z& uIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 f2 G" @7 ?& u) YFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.& u! s, D4 N) S
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,* Y6 B0 u2 C. W; m1 h3 K; w
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- S0 \9 v$ N2 {( h5 K4 a1 A: }6 r
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 S- {0 |; |9 m2 q( L8 K' I
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.. ]! c) V: q0 y* n% b) O2 C! @3 ^
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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