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But these are flowers that fly and all but sing: And now from having ridden out desire They lie closed over in the wind and cling Where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire.

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
Desire
Butterfly
Wheels
Closed
Mire
Flowers
Sliced
Sing
Freshly
Flower
Ridden
Wind
Cling
Lying
April

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