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New is a word for fools in towns who think Style upon style in dress and thought at last Must get somewhere.

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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
Upon
Dresses
Thought
Towns
Must
Somewhere
Think
Fool
Thinking
Style
Word
Newness
Lasts
Fools
Last
Dress

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God turned to speak to me (Don't anybody laugh) God found I wasn't there At least not over half.
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Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave.
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