Robert Frost: A Boundless Moment

Robert Frost: A Boundless Moment Robert Frost: A Boundless Moment He halted in the wind, and – what was that Far in the maples, pale, but not a ghost? He stood there bringing March against his thought, And yet too ready to believe the most. ‘Oh, that’s the Paradise-in-bloom,’ I …

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Robert Frost: The Rose Family

Robert Frost: The Rose Family Robert Frost: The Rose Family The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But the theory now goes That the apple’s a rose, And the pear is, and so’s The plum, I suppose. The dear only knows What will next prove a rose. …

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Robert Frost: A Soldier

Robert Frost: A Soldier Robert Frost: A Soldier He is that fallen lance that lies as hurled, That lies unlifted now, come dew, come rust, But still lies pointed as it plowed the dust. If we who sight along it round the world, See nothing worthy to have been its …

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Robert Frost: A Prayer In Spring

Robert Frost: A Prayer In Spring Robert Frost: A Prayer In Spring Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. Oh, give us pleasure in the …

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Robert Frost: A Minor Bird

Robert Frost: A Minor Bird Robert Frost: A Minor Bird I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him from the door When it seemed as if I could bear no more. The fault must partly have …

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Robert Frost: A Late Walk

Robert Frost: A Late Walk Robert Frost: A Late Walk When I go up through the mowing field, The headless aftermath, Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew, Half closes the garden path. And when I come to the garden ground, The whir of sober birds Up from the tangle …

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Robert Frost: Nothing Gold Can Stay

Robert Frost: Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost: Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf, So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day Nothing gold …

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