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Now no joy but lacks salt That is not dashed with pain And weariness and fault I crave the stain Of tears, the aftermark Of almost too much love, The sweet of bitter bark And burning clove.

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
Bitter
Stains
Faults
Lacks
Tears
Bark
Sweet
Crave
Joy
Bitterness
Almost
Salt
Dashed
Pain
Fault
Stain
Much
Burning
Weariness

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