<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"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 28pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Neighbors</span><div dir="ltr"><div>by Robert Service</div><div><br></div><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; background-color: white;">My neighbor has a </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/field/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">field</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> of wheat</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And I a rood of vine;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And he will give me </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/bread/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">bread</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> to eat,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And I will give him wine.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And so we are a jolly pair,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Contentedly unwed,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Singing with supper as we </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/share/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">share</span></a><br><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/red/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">Red</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> wine and crusty bread.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Now venison is mighty meat</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And so is trout and hare;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">A mallard duck is sweat to eat</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And quail is dainty fare.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But such are foods for festal day,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And we will not repine</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">While on the table we can lay</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Crisp bread and rosy wine.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">A will to till one's own of soil</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Is </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/worth/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">worth</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> a kingly </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/crown/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">crown</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">With bread to </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/feed/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">feed</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> the belly need,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And wine to </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/wash/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">wash</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> it down.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">So with my neighbor I </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/rejoice/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">rejoice</span></a><br><span style="background-color: white;">That we are fit and free,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Content to praise with lusty </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/voice/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">voice</span></a><br><span style="background-color: white;">Bread, Wine and Liberty.</span><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. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>