<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(84, 130, 53);">Hope Never Slumbers Long</span></b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(84, 130, 53); background-color: white;"> </span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">by Anna J. Granniss</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Not even Hope can always soar and sing;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Sometimes she needs must rest a willing wing.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And wait in midst of her glad carolling.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Faint not, dear heart, though she rest over night -</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Her wings are swifter than the wings of light;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">They're gaining strength for more enduring flight.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Fret not because her voice is sometimes still;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">It may be catching some new lilt or thrill;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">She'll sing again, all of her own sweet will.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Perhaps when worn with pain, in darkened room.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Denied the light, the beauty, and the bloom,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">You'll see a little rift within the gloom;</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Then hear a stir, as of unfolding wings;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And low, sweet notes, as one who tries the strings</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">In tender prelude just before he sings.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">And wakened Hope, grown vigorous and strong.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Will then surprise the silence with a song -</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Keep a brave heart, Hope never slumbers long.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>