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Can someone please complete this phrase for me

Posted by Bruce Kahl on September 10, 2003

In Reply to: Can someone please complete this phrase for me posted by Priya on September 10, 2003

: Its from a poem by Robert Frost (I think)

: "The woods are ...... dark and deep
: but I have promises to keep
: and miles to go before I sleep"

: Thanks

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Lee Frost

"Whose woods these are I think I know
His house is in the village though.
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near.
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness' bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep.
And miles to go before I sleep.
And miles to go before I sleep..."

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