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When I was young my teachers were the old. I gave up fire for form till I was cold.

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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
Youth
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Teachers
Young
Till
Gave

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