A Prayer in Spring By Robert Frost Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. Oh,…
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Design
Design By Robert Frost I found a dimpled spider, fat and white, On a white heal-all, holding up a moth Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth Assorted characters of death and blight Mixed ready to begin the morning…
Out, Out
Out, Out By Robert Frost The full text of the poem *Out, Out* by Robert Frost is reproduced below for reference. For a complete version, see the Poetry Foundation website: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43283/out-out The poem *Out, Out* explores the fleeting nature of…
A Line-storm Song
A Line-storm Song By Unknown Poet The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift, The road is forlorn all day, Where a myriad snowy quartz stones lift, And the hoof-prints vanish away. The roadside flowers, too wet for the bee, Expend…
Provide, Provide
Provide, Provide By an Unknown Poet The witch that came (the withered hag) To wash the steps with a pail and rag, Was once the beauty Abishag, The picture pride of Hollywood. Too many fall from great and good For…
A Late Walk
A Late Walk By Unknown (commonly misattributed to Robert Frost) When I go up through the mowing field, The headless aftermath, Smooth laid like thatch with the heavy dew, Half closes the garden path. And when I come to the…
The Runaway
The Runaway Author Unknown Once when the snow of the year was beginning to fall, We stopped by a mountain pasture to say, ‘Whose colt?’ A little Morgan had one forefoot on the wall, The other curled at his breast.…
Fireflies In The Garden
Fireflies In The Garden By an Anonymous Author Here come real stars to fill the upper skies, And here on earth come emulating flies, That though they never equal stars in size, (And they were never really stars at heart)…
Departmental
Departmental By an unknown author An ant on the tablecloth Ran into a dormant moth Of many times his size. He showed not the least surprise. His business wasn’t with such. He gave it scarcely a touch, And was off…
Come In
Come In By Robert Frost As I came to the edge of the woods, Thrush music — hark! Now if it was dusk outside, Inside it was dark. Too dark in the woods for a bird By sleight of wing…
The Runaway
The Runaway By Robert Frost Once when the snow of the year was beginning to fall, We stopped by a mountain pasture to say, ‘Whose colt?’ A little Morgan had one forefoot on the wall, The other curled at his…
Reluctance
Reluctance By Robert Frost Out through the fields and the woods And over the walls I have wended; I have climbed the hills of view And looked at the world, and descended; I have come by the highway home, And…
Wind and Window Flower
Wind and Window Flower By Robert Frost Lovers, forget your love, And listen to the love of these, She a window flower, And he a winter breeze. When the frosty window veil Was melted down at noon, And the caged…
A Time to Talk
A Time to Talk by Robert Frost When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaningful walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout…
The Death of the Hired Man
THE DEATH OF THE HIERED MAN Robert Frost’s narrative poem “The Death of the Hired Man” was first published in 1920 as part of his collection “The Poetry of Robert Frost.” The poem tells the story of Silas, an old…
Robert Frost
Robert Frost remains one of America’s most beloved and frequently read poets. His work, often deceptively simple on the surface, delves into complex themes of nature, human isolation, and the choices that define our lives. Understanding Frost requires looking beyond…
Out, Out—
Out, Out by Robert Frost The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard And made dust and dropped stove length sticks of wood Sweet scented stuff when the breeze drew across it And from the place the saw had…
Birches
Birches by Robert Frost When I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy’s been swinging them. But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay As ice-storms do.…
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes…
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think…