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The woods are lovely, dark, and deep but I have promises to keep...

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
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Playwright
Poet
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Robert Lee Frost
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Lovely
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Proof
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Promise
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Stuntman
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Deep
Tattoo
Sleep
Promises
Taken
Woods

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