<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: "Poets Electra Roman No 2"; font-size: 2.5rem; font-style: italic; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">When the Year Grows Old</span><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0in;"><font color="#343434" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">by Edna St. Vincent Millay</span></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">I cannot but remember<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> When the year grows old—<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">October—November—<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> How she disliked the cold!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">She used to watch the swallows<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Go down across the sky,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">And turn from the window<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> With a little sharp sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">And often when the brown leaves<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Were brittle on the ground,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">And the wind in the chimney<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Made a melancholy sound,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">She had a look about her<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> That I wish I could forget—<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">The look of a scared thing<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Sitting in a net!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">Oh, beautiful at nightfall<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> The soft spitting snow!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">And beautiful the bare boughs<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Rubbing to and fro!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">But the roaring of the fire,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> And the warmth of fur,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">And the boiling of the kettle<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Were beautiful to her!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">I cannot but remember<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> When the year grows old—<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">October—November—<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> How she disliked the cold!</span></p></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. 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