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The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But the theory now goes That the apple's a rose.

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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
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Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do.
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Let those possess the land, and only those, Who love it with a love so strong and stupid That they may be abused and taken advantage of And made fun of by business, law, and art.
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The hurt is not enough: I long for weight and strength. To feel the earth as rough to all my length
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I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye.
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