Robert Frost

The Gum-Gatherer

There overtook me and drew me inTo his down-hill, early-morning stride,And set me five miles on my roadBetter than if…

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The Gift Outright

The land was ours before we were the land's.She was our land more than a hundred yearsBefore we were her…

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The Flower Boat

The fisherman's swapping a yarn for a yarnUnder the hand of the village barber,And her in the angle of house…

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The Exposed Nest

You were forever finding some new play.So when I saw you down on hands and kneesI the meadow, busy with…

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The Demiurge’s Laugh

It was far in the sameness of the wood;I was running with joy on the Demon's trail,Though I knew what…

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The Death of the Hired Man

Mary sat musing on the lamp-flame at the tableWaiting for Warren. When she heard his step,She ran on tip-toe down…

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The Cow In Apple-Time

Something inspires the only cow of lateTo make no more of a wall than an open gate,And think no more…

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The Bonfire

OH, let’s go up the hill and scare ourselves,As reckless as the best of them to-night,By setting fire to all…

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The Bear

The bear puts both arms around the tree above herAnd draws it down as if it were a loverAnd its…

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The Axe-Helve

I've known ere now an interfering branchOf alder catch my lifted axe behind me.But that was in the woods, to…

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