The Hot Word
Daily Crossword
Word Games
Crossword Solver
Tools
Mobile
Android
iPad
iPhone
More
Apps...
Quotation by Robert Frost
More Quotes From
Robert Frost (878)Additional Sources
"[But Outer Space . . . ]""[Four–Room Shack . . . ]""[In Winter in the Woods . . . ]""A Blue Ribbon at Amesbury""A Boundless Moment"Related Subjects
farmers and farming (1) boys (1) law (1) sewers (1) summer (1) farmhouse (1) heat (1)
No one would know except for ancient maps
That such a brook ran water. But I wonder
If from its being kept forever under,
The thoughts may not have risen that so keep
This new-built city from both work and sleep.
That such a brook ran water. But I wonder
If from its being kept forever under,
The thoughts may not have risen that so keep
This new-built city from both work and sleep.
Robert Frost (1874–1963), U.S. poet. "A Brook in the City."
Surprise me with a
The Columbia World of Quotations © 1996, Columbia University Press.
Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, the following are prohibited: copying substantial portions or the entirety of the work in machine readable form, making multiple printouts thereof, and other uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable foreign copyright and related laws.
Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, the following are prohibited: copying substantial portions or the entirety of the work in machine readable form, making multiple printouts thereof, and other uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable foreign copyright and related laws.
