<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"><b><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The Brave at Home</span></b><div><div>Author unknown</div><div><br></div><div>The maid who binds her warrior's sash,</div><div>And, smiling, all her pain dissembles,</div><div>The while beneath the drooping lash,</div><div>One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles;</div><div>Though Heaven alone records the tear,</div><div>And fame shall never know her story,</div><div>Her heart has shed a drop as dear</div><div>As ever dewed the field of glory!</div><div><br></div><div>The wife who girds her husband's sword,</div><div>'Mid little ones who weep and wonder,</div><div>And bravely speaks the cheering word,</div><div>What though her heart be rent asunder;—</div><div>Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear</div><div>The bolts of war around him rattle,—</div><div>Has shed as sacred blood as e'er</div><div>Was poured upon the field of battle!</div><div><br></div><div>The mother who conceals her grief,</div><div>While to her breast her son she presses,</div><div>Then breathes a few brave words and brief,</div><div>Kissing the patriot brow she blesses;</div><div>With no one but her loving God,</div><div>To know the pain that weighs upon her,</div><div>Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod</div><div>Received on Freedom's field of honor!</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>