Robert Frost Farm Ripton

Famous quotes containing the words robert frost, frost and/or farm:

    He is that fallen lance that lies as hurled,
    That lies unlifted now, come dew, come rust,
    But still lies pointed as it plowed the dust.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    I looked on it as a Carnegie grant
    For him to make a poet of himself on
    If such a thing is possible with money.
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    In common with other rural regions much of the Iowa farm lore concerns the coming of company. When the rooster crows in the doorway, or the cat licks his fur, company is on the way.
    —For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)