New Hampshire, A Poem; with Notes and Grace Notes

by Robert Frost

By ROBERT FROST

A BOY’S WILL NORTH OF BOSTON MOUNTAIN INTERVAL SELECTED POEMS NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW HAMPSHIRE
A POEM WITH NOTES
AND GRACE NOTES BY
ROBERT FROST
WITH WOODCUTS
BY J. J. LANKES
PUBLISHED BY
HENRY HOLT
& COMPANY : NEW
YORK : MCMXXIII

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

CONTENTS

PAGE NEW HAMPSHIRE [New Hampshire] 3 NOTES [A Star in a Stone-boat] 21 [The Census-taker] 24 [The Star-splitter] 27 [Maple] 31 [The Axe-helve] 37 [The Grindstone] 41 [Paul’s Wife] 44 [Wild Grapes] 49 [Place for a Third] 53 [Two Witches] 56 [I. The Witch of Coös] 56 [II. The Pauper Witch of Grafton] 61 [An Empty Threat] 65 [A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears and Some Books] 67 [I Will Sing You One-O] 73 GRACE NOTES [Fragmentary Blue] 79 [Fire and Ice] 80 [In a Disused Graveyard] 81 [Dust of Snow] 82 [To E. T.] 83 [Nothing Gold Can Stay] 84 [The Runaway] 85 [The Aim was Song] 86 [Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening] 87 [For Once, Then, Something] 88 [Blue-Butterfly Day] 89 [The Onset] 90 [To Earthward] 91 [Good-Bye and Keep Cold] 93 [Two Look at Two] 95 [Not to Keep] 97 [A Brook in the City] 98 [The Kitchen Chimney] 99 [Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter] 100 [A Boundless Moment] 101 [Evening in a Sugar Orchard] 102 [Gathering Leaves] 103 [The Valley’s Singing Day] 104 [Misgiving] 105 [A Hillside Thaw] 106 [Plowmen] 108 [On a Tree Fallen Across the Road] 109 [Our Singing Strength] 110 [The Lockless Door] 112 [The Need of Being Versed in Country Things] 113