Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frostwas an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. 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 the twentieth century, Frost was honored frequently...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 March 1874
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
It's God - I'd have known Him by Blake's picture anywhere
I turned to speak to God About the world's despair; But to make bad matters worse, I found God wasn't there
There is the fear that we shan't prove worthy in the eyes of someone who knows us at least as well as we know ourselves. That is the fear of God. And there is the fear of Man -fear that men won't understand us and we shall be cut of from them.
Only God and I knew what I meant when I wrote it, now only God knows
We're either nothing or a God's regret.
Lord, I have loved Your sky, Be it said against or for me, Have loved it clear and high, Or low and stormy....
Live and let live, believe and let believe. 'Twas said the lesser gods were only traits Of the one awful God. Just so the saints Are God's white light refracted into colors.
Nature's never quite Sure she hasn't erred In her vague design....
There would be more than ocean-water broken Before God's last Put out the Light was spoken.
God turned to speak to me (Don't anybody laugh); God found I wasn't there At least not over half.
It was far in the sameness of the wood; I was running with joy on the Demon's trail, Though I knew what I hunted was no true god.
Memento mori and obey the Lord. Art and religion love the somber chord.
You can't trust God to be unmerciful. There you have the beginning of all wisdom.
God once declared He was true And then took the veil and withdrew....