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Summary riposte To the dreary wail There's no knowing what Love is all about. Poets know a lot.

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
Love
Wail
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Dreary
Poets
Poet
Poetry
Knowing

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