<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: "Poets Electra Roman No 2"; font-size: 2.5rem; font-style: italic; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Comrades Four</span><div dir="ltr"><div>by Claude McKay</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">Dear comrades, my comrades,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> My heart is always true;<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">An’ ever an’ ever<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> I shall remember you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">We all joined together,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Together joined we four;<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">An’ I have been first to<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Pass t’rough the open door.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">We four drilled together,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Together drilled we all;<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">An’ I’ve been the first to<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Flee from the life o’ gall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">We parted, dear comrades,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> We parted all in tears,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">An’ each went his own way<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> To shoulder life’s sad cares.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">O comrades, my comrades,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> What is de lasting gain,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">But all t’rough de tempest<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> A heart of unmixed pain?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">My comrades, loved comrades,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> I hear your bitter cry;<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">But life’s pain will end, boys,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Will end yet—by an’ by.</span></p></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>