New Hampshire, A Poem; with Notes and Grace Notes
By ROBERT FROST
A BOY’S WILL NORTH OF BOSTON MOUNTAIN INTERVAL SELECTED POEMS NEW HAMPSHIRE
Copyright, 1923 BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
First Printing, October, 1923 Second Printing, January, 1924 Third Printing, May, 1924 Fourth Printing, November, 1924 Fifth Printing, December, 1926 Sixth Printing, April, 1928
To VERMONT AND MICHIGAN
NEW HAMPSHIRE
I met a lady from the South who said
(You won’t believe she said it, but she said it):
“None of my family ever worked, or had
A thing to sell.” I don’t suppose the work
Much matters. You may work for all of me.
I’ve seen the time I’ve had to work myself.
Robert Frost
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CONTENTS
NEW HAMPSHIRE
THE CENSUS-TAKER
THE STAR-SPLITTER
MAPLE
THE AXE-HELVE
THE GRINDSTONE
PAUL’S WIFE
WILD GRAPES
PLACE FOR A THIRD
TWO WITCHES
II. THE PAUPER WITCH OF GRAFTON
AN EMPTY THREAT
A FOUNTAIN, A BOTTLE, A DONKEY’S EARS AND SOME BOOKS
I WILL SING YOU ONE-O
FRAGMENTARY BLUE
FIRE AND ICE
IN A DISUSED GRAVEYARD
DUST OF SNOW
TO E. T.
NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY
THE RUNAWAY
THE AIM WAS SONG
STOPPING BY WOODS ON SNOWY EVENING
FOR ONCE, THEN, SOMETHING
BLUE-BUTTERFLY DAY
THE ONSET
TO EARTHWARD
GOOD-BYE AND KEEP COLD
TWO LOOK AT TWO
NOT TO KEEP
A BROOK IN THE CITY
THE KITCHEN CHIMNEY
LOOKING FOR A SUNSET BIRD IN WINTER
A BOUNDLESS MOMENT
EVENING IN A SUGAR ORCHARD
GATHERING LEAVES
THE VALLEY’S SINGING DAY
MISGIVING
A HILLSIDE THAW
PLOWMEN
OUR SINGING STRENGTH
THE LOCKLESS DOOR
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