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Only where love and need are one, And the work is play for mortal stakes Is the deed ever truly done For Heaven and the future's sakes

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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
Love
Heaven
Sakes
Future
Deed
Ever
Stakes
Play
Mortal
Need
Mortals
Done
Deeds
Needs
Sake
Work
Truly

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