<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 26pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(84, 130, 53);">Peace</span></b><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white;"><br></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: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white;">by George Herbert</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: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white;"><br></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: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white;">Let me once know. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><br><span style="background-color: white;">I sought thee in a secret cave, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And ask'd, if Peace were there, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">A hollow wind did seem to answer, No: </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Go seek elsewhere. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">I did; and going did a rainbow note: </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Surely, thought I, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">This is the lace of Peace's coat: </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">I will search out the matter. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But while I looked the clouds immediately </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Did break and scatter. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Then went I to a garden and did spy </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">A gallant flower, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The crown-imperial: Sure, said I, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Peace at the root must dwell. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But when I digged, I saw a worm devour </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">What showed so well. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">At length I met a rev'rend good old man; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Whom when for Peace </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">I did demand, he thus began: </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">There was a Prince of old </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">At Salem dwelt, who lived with good increase </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Of flock and fold. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">He sweetly lived; yet sweetness did not save </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">His life from foes. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But after death out of his grave </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">There sprang twelve stalks of wheat; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Which many wond'ring at, got some of those </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To plant and set. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">It prospered strangely, and did soon disperse </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Through all the earth: </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">For they that taste it do rehearse </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">That virtue lies therein; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">A secret virtue, bringing peace and mirth </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">By flight of sin. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Take of this grain, which in my garden grows, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And grows for you; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Make bread of it: and that repose </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And peace, which ev'ry where </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">With so much earnestness you do pursue, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Is only there.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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. 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