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Poets like Shakespeare know more about poetry than any $25 an hour man.

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
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Robert Lee Frost
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I dwell in a lonely house I know That vanished many a summer ago.
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Hell is a half-filled auditorium.
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I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day Have clapped my hands at him from the door When it seemed as if I could bear no more. The fault must partly have been in me. The bird was not to blame for his key. And of course there must be something wrong In wanting to silence any song.
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They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true.
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The best way out is always through.
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And one of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion and then there's science and there's-and then there's friendly gossip. Those are the three-the three great things.
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A voice said, Look me in the stars And tell me truly, men of earth, If all the soul-and-body scars Were not too much to pay for birth.
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An idea is a feat of association.
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Affection is an overpowering craving to be compellingly sought.
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The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition.
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Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
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But not gold in commercial quantities, Just enough gold to make the engagement rings And marriage rings of those who owned the farm. What gold more innocent could one have asked for?
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The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
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Writing a poem is discovering.
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He burned his house down for the fire insurance and spent the proceeds on a telescope.
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I dwell with a strangely aching heart In that vanished abode there far apart
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Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30.
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No, in country money, the country scale of gain, The requisite lift of spirit has never been found.
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Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.
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You can't get too much winter in the winter.
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