Robert FrostA poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
About This Quote
This quote is often attributed to Robert Frost. He was an American poet who wrote frequently about the natural world, and his poems are often concerned with questions of how people relate to the natural world around them.
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More Quotes By Robert Frost
- We love the things we love for what they are.
- Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
- The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition.
- I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. May no fate wilfully misunderstand me And half grant what I wish and snatch me away Not to return. Earth's the right place for love: I don't know...
- Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept the end Of a love or a season?