This 1923 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection includes "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Nothing Gold Can Stay," and "Fire and Ice" as well as verse based on such traditional songs as "I Will Sing You One-O."
Robert Frost (1874–1963) was the most celebrated poet in America for most of the twentieth century. Although chiefly associated with the life and landscapes of New England, his work embodies penetrating and often dark explorations of universal themes. Frost received more than 40 honorary degrees, and the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes was awarded for this 1923 collection.
New Hampshire features Frost's meditations on rural life, love, and death, delivered in the voice of a soft-spoken New Englander. Critics have long marveled at the poet's gift for capturing the speech of the region's natives and his realistic evocations of the area's landscapes. This compilation includes several of his best-known poems: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Nothing Gold Can Stay," and "Fire and Ice" as well as verse based on such traditional songs as "I Will Sing You One-O." The poems are complemented by the atmospheric illustrations created for the original edition by Frost's friend, woodcut artist J. J. Lankes.
CONTENTS
New Hampshire
A Star in a Stone-Boat
The Census-Taker
The Star-splitter
Maple
The Ax-Helve
The Grindstone
Paul's Wife
Wild Grapes
Place for a Third
Two Witches
An Empty Threat
A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey's Ears and Some Books
I Will Sing You One-O Fragmentary
Blue Fire and Ice
In a Disused Graveyard
Dust of Snow
To E T.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
The Runaway
The Aim Was Song
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
For Once, Then,
Something Blue-Butterfly Day
The Onset To Earthward Good-by and Keep Cold
Two Look at Two
Not to Keep A Brook in the City
The Kitchen Chimney
Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter
A Boundless Moment
Evening in a Sugar
Orchard Gathering Leaves
The Valley's Singing
Day Misgiving
A Hillside Thaw
Plowmen
On a Tree Fallen Across the Road
Our Singing Strength
The Lockless Door
The Need of Being Versed in Country Things
Robert Frost (1874-1963) was the most celebrated poet in America for most of the 20th century. Although chiefly associated with the life and landscapes of New England, his work embodies penetrating and often dark explorations of universal themes. The four-time Pulitzer Prize winner received more than 40 honorary degrees and taught for decades at Amherst College, Middlebury College, and other institutions.
