SELECTED POEMS
BY
ROBERT FROST
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1923
TO
HELEN THOMAS
IN MEMORY OF
EDWARD THOMAS
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
The poems included in this volume are reprinted from "Mountain Interval" "North of Boston" and "A Boy's Will."
CONTENTS
THE PASTURE THE COW IN APPLE-TIME THE RUNAWAY
II
AN OLD MAN'S WINTER NIGHT HOME BURIAL THE DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN A SERVANT TO SERVANTS THE SELF-SEEKER THE HILL WIFE "OUT, OUT...."
III
PUTTING IN THE SEED GOING FOR WATER MOWING
IV
AFTER APPLE-PICKING BIRCHES THE GUM-GATHERER THE MOUNTAIN THE TUFT OF FLOWERS MENDING WALL AN ENCOUNTER THE WOOD-PILE
SNOW IN THE HOME STRETCH
VI
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN THE OVEN BIRD A VANTAGE POINT THE SOUND OF TREES HYLA BROOK MY NOVEMBER GUEST RANGE-FINDING OCTOBER TO THE THAWING WIND
VII
A TIME TO TALK THE CODE A HUNDRED COLLARS BLUEBERRIES BROWN'S DESCENT OR, THE WILLY-NILLY SLIDE
VIII
REVELATION STORM-FEAR BOND AND FREE FLOWER-GATHERING RELUCTANCE INTO MY OWN
THE PASTURE
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may): I shan't be gone long.—You come too.
I'm going out to fetch the little calf That's standing by the mother. It's so young, It totters when she licks it with her tongue. I shan't be gone long.—You come too.
