Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. 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 his generation, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.
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Famous quotes by robert frost:
“the absolute flight and rest
The universal blue
And local green suggest.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“A poet would a-wishing go,
And he wished love were thus and so.
‘If but it were,’ he said, said he,
‘And one thing more that may not be,
This world were good enough for me.’”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“The telescope at one end of his beat,
And at the other end the microscope....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“It must be the brook
Can trust itself to go by contraries
The way I can with you—and you with me—
Because we’re—we’re—I don’t know
What we are.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)