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 arereprinted from "Mountain Interval""North of Boston" and "A Boy's Will."

CONTENTS

I

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

V

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
...