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The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

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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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Delight
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There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow.
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A name with meaning could bring up a child, Taking the child out of the parents' hands. Better a meaningless name, I should say, As leaving more to nature and happy chance. Name children some names and see what you do.
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An idea is a feat of association.
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There are tones of voices that mean more than words.
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Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing.
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Nations like the Cuban and the Swiss Can never hope to wage a Global Mission. No Holy Wars for them. The most the small Can ever give us is a nuisance brawl.
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We love the things we love for what they are.
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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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Nature's never quite Sure she hasn't erred In her vague design.
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What you want, what you're hanging around in the world waiting for, is for something to occur to you.
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To be social is to be forgiving.
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A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
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Create and stir other people to create.
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A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
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Summoning artists to participate In the august occasions of the state Seems something artists ought to celebrate. Today is for my cause a day of days.
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Let those possess the land, and only those, Who love it with a love so strong and stupid That they may be abused and taken advantage of And made fun of by business, law, and art.
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There is much in nature against us. But we forget: Take nature altogether since time began, Including human nature, in peace and war, And it must be a little more in favor of man.
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The only way out is to go through
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I could give all to Time except--except What I myself have held.
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The nearest friends can go With anyone to death, comes so far short They might as well not try to go at all.
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