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Have I not walked without an upward look Of caution under stars that very well Might not have missed me when they shot and fell? It was a risk I had to take-and took.

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
Stars
Caution
Look
Missed
Wells
Walked
Might
Fell
Without
Shot
Well
Shots
Looks
Took
Carefulness
Take
Risk
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