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Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept the end Of a love or a season?

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
Love
Grace
Treason
Less
Bows
Ends
Yield
Reason
Season
Ever
Acceptance
Heart
Seasons
Things
Accept
Men
Accepting
Drift

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