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Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out.

Robert Frost

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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
Asks
Inspirational
Love
Life
Comforting
Built
Motivational
Wall

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I see for Nature no defeat In one tree's overthrow Or for myself in my retreat For yet another blow.
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Now no joy but lacks salt That is not dashed with pain And weariness and fault I crave the stain Of tears, the aftermark Of almost too much love, The sweet of bitter bark And burning clove.
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