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The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition.

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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
Ocean
Curve
Positive
Curves
Position
Counting
Greater
Repetition
Heart
Shore
Think
Devotion
Thinking
Holding
Endless

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