<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b><i>Emblems Of Friendship </i></b><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div>by John Imrie</div><div><br></div><div>Friendship is a golden band.</div><div>Linking life with life,</div><div>Heart to heart, and hand to hand,</div><div>The antidote to strife.</div><div><br></div><div>Friendship is a silken cord.</div><div>Beautiful and strong,</div><div>Guarding, by each kindly word,</div><div>Loving hearts from wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>Friendship is a beacon-light</div><div>On life’s rocky shore,</div><div>Brightest in our darkest night</div><div>When the breakers roar.</div><div><br></div><div>Friendship is an iron shield.</div><div>Where life’s cruel darts</div><div>Ever may be forced to yield</div><div>Ere they wound true hearts.</div><div><br></div><div>Friendship is the gift of God.</div><div>Freely to us given,</div><div>As the flowers that gem the sod,</div><div>Or the light of heaven!</div></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>