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

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