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""A man has got to keep his extrication.
The important thing is not to get bogged down
In what he has to do to earn a living....""
Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "From Plane to Plane." |
"When we locked up the house at night,
We always locked the flowers outside
And cut them off from window light."
Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "Locked Out." |
"The rangey bough anticipated fruit
With snowballs cupped in every opening bud.
The road alone maintained itself in mud...."
Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "Our Singing Strength." |
"Some mistake had been made
No book can explain,
Some change in the law
That nobody saw
Except as a gain."
Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "The Bad Island Easter." |
""... he's helpless
In ways that I can hardly tell you of.
Sometimes he gets possessed to keep accounts
To see where all the money goes so fast.
You know how men will be ridiculous.
But it's just fun the way he gets bedeviled
If he's untidy now, what will he be?""
Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "The Housekeeper." |
""You know Orion always comes up sideways.
Throwing a leg up over our fence of mountains,
And rising on his hands....""
Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "The Star-Splitter." |
"The mind is not the heart.
I may yet live, as I know others live,
To wish in vain to let go with the mind
Of cares, at night, to sleep; but nothing tells me
That I need learn to let go with the heart."
Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "Wild Grapes." |
"The test is always how we treat the poor."
Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "A Masque of Reason." |
"" ...He spoke to his wife in the door, 'Let me see,
Mame, we don't know any good berrying place?'
It was all he could do to keep a straight face.""
Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "Blueberries." |
""That's where I reckon Santa Claus comes in
To be our parents' pseudonymity
In Christmas giving, so they can escape
The thanks and let him catch it as a scapegoat....""
Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "From Plane to Plane." |
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