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Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
Pedagogue
Playwright
Poet
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Robert Lee Frost
Talking
Faucet
House
Upstairs
Firsts
Yard
First
Yards
Writing
Opening
Pressure
Second
Takes
Hydrant

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