Show Thumbnail Image (with posts) from Wordpress on my homepage

I am trying to show some recent Wordpress posts on my homepage (a non Wordpress page). I figured out how to show the posts, but I can't figure out how to show a thumbnail with the post if one exists.

I would like to show the thumbnail at the left of the text (with the text centered vertically), and minimize the thumbnail to a very small size...

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

<?php
// Include WordPress 
define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require('./News/wp-load.php');
query_posts('showposts=4');
?>


<?php while (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
	<FONT color=#728923 face="Verdana" size='2'>
	<a style="color: #728923" href= "<?php the_permalink() ?>"target="_blank"><?php the_title() ?> </a>
	</font>
	<FONT color=#69462A face="Verdana" size='2'>
		<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
	</font>
	<FONT color=#69462A face="Verdana" size='1'>
	<p></p>Posted: <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?> -  
	<a style="color: #69462A" href= "<?php the_permalink() ?>"target="_blank"><?php comments_number('0 Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments' );?> </a>
	<br>
	</font>
<hr>
<?php endwhile; ?>

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