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Tree at my window, window tree, My sash is lowered when night comes on But let there never be curtain drawn Between you and me.

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
Tree
Comes
Night
Sash
Never
Lowered
Curtain
Curtains
Drawn
Window

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