<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b>Lines Written in Early Spring</b><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div>I heard a thousand blended notes,</div><div>While in a grove I sate reclined,</div><div>In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts</div><div>Bring sad thoughts to the mind.</div><div><br></div><div>To her fair works did Nature link</div><div>The human soul that through me ran;</div><div>And much it grieved my heart to think</div><div>What man has made of man.</div><div><br></div><div>Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,</div><div>The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;</div><div>And ’tis my faith that every flower</div><div>Enjoys the air it breathes.</div><div><br></div><div>The birds around me hopped and played,</div><div>Their thoughts I cannot measure:—</div><div>But the least motion which they made</div><div>It seemed a thrill of pleasure.</div><div><br></div><div>The budding twigs spread out their fan,</div><div>To catch the breezy air;</div><div>And I must think, do all I can,</div><div>That there was pleasure there.</div><div><br></div><div>If this belief from heaven be sent,</div><div>If such be Nature’s holy plan,</div><div>Have I not reason to lament</div><div>What man has made of man?</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></div></body></html>