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Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Fire and Ice


              1Some say the world will end in fire,
              2Some say in ice.
              3From what I've tasted of desire
              4I hold with those who favor fire.
              5But if it had to perish twice,
              6I think I know enough of hate
              7To know that for destruction ice
              8Is also great
              9And would suffice.


Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.

Original text: Robert Frost, New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes (New York: Henry Holt, 1923), p. 80. D-11 0397 Fisher Library.
First publication date: 1923
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 1998.
Recent editing: 2:2002/1/16

Rhyme: abaabcbcb


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