Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frostwas an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century, Frost was honored frequently...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 March 1874
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The only certain freedom's in departure.
You know how cunningly mankind is planned: We have one loving and one hating hand. The loving's made to hold each other like, While with the hating other hand we strike.
You can't trust God to be unmerciful. There you have the beginning of all wisdom.
No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.
Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.
You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider.
If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.
I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.
I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.
I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some say when they are in voice And tossing so as to scare The white clouds over them on, I shall have less to say, But I shall be none.
I hope to leave behind a few poems it will be hard to get rid of.
As a confirmed astronomer I'm always for a better sky.
The test is always how we treat the poor.
Ants are a curious race