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I wonder about the trees. Why do we wish to bear Forever the noise of these More than another noise So close to our dwelling place?

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
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Silence
Trees
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Wonder
Bear
Forever
Hearing
Sound
Bears
Wish
Quiet
Another
Close
Place
Listening
Dwelling

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