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It was far in the sameness of the wood I was running with joy on the Demon's trail, Though I knew what I hunted was no true god.

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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Trail
Running
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Demon
Woods
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Joy
Sameness
Knew
Hunted

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