Poems - With an Introd. and Commentary by Louis Untermeyer

A proven bestseller time and time again, Robert Frost's Poems contains all of Robert Frost's best-known poems-and dozens more-in a portable anthology. Here are "Birches," "Mending Wall," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Two Tramps at Mudtime," "Choose Something Like a Star," and "The Gift Outright," which Frost read at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy." An essential addition to every home library, Robert Frost's Poems is a celebration of the New England countryside, Frost's appreciation of common folk, and his wonderful understanding of the human condition. These classic verses touch our hearts and leave behind a lasting impression.

* Over 100 poems
* All Frost's best known verses from throughout his life

I. AN INTRODUCTION, by Louis Untermeyer

AN INVTTATION

The Pasture

II. THE CODE AND OTHER STORIES

The Tuft of Flowers
Blueberries
Home Burial
The Witch of Coös
Paul's Wife
Ghost House
At Woodward's Gardens
The Vindictives
Wild Grapes
The Bearer of Evil Tidings
The Fear
Snow
The Code

III. THE HIRED MAN AND OTHER PEOPLE

Birches
Mowing
Mending Wall
The Mountain
Brown's Descent, or The Willy-Nilly Slide
The Vanishing Red
To the Thawing Wind
A Lone Striker
Two Tramps in Mud Time
Love and a Question
An Old Man's Winter Night
The Gum-Gatherer
The Investment
The Figure in the Doorway
To a Young Wretch
The Wood-Pile
A Hundred Collars
The Star-Splitter
The Housekeeper
The Hill Wife
The Telephone
Revelation
Going for Water
A Line-Storm Song
The Death of the Hired Man

IV. STOPPING BY WOODS AND OTHER PLACES

Hyla Brook
West-running Brook
A Patch of Old Snow
A Time to Talk
A Boundless Moment
Bereft
A Winter Eden
The Flower Boat
The Census-Taker
A Brook in the City
Evening in a Sugar Orchard
The Onset
Spring Pools
0In a Disused Graveyard
Sand Dunes
The Birthplace
For Once, Then, Something
A Serious Step Lightly Taken
Tree at my Window
Sitting by a Bush in Broad Daylight
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

V. THE RUNAWAY AND OTHER ANIMALS

The Oven Bird
Our Singing Strength
A Minor Bird
Never Again Would Birds' Song Be the Same
A Blue Ribbon at Amesbury
Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter
A Drumlin Woodchuck
The White-tailed Hornet
Waspish
Departmental
Design
Fireflies in the Garden
Canis Major
Two Look at Two
The Cow in Apple Time
The Bear
The Runaway

VI. COUNTRY THINGS AND OTHER THINGS

The Road Not Taken
The Need of Being Versed in Country Things
The Sound of the Trees
In Hardwood Groves
Nothing Gold Can Stay
After Apple-Picking
The Grindstone
The Kitchen Chimney
Gathering Leaves
A Leaf Treader
A Hillside Thaw
On a Tree Fallen Across the Road
A Passing Glimpse
Dust of Snow
Fire and Ice
Riders
The Master Speed
My November Guest
Storm Fear
Wind and Window Flower
October
Good Hours
Pea Brush
I Will Sing You One-O
To Earthward
The Gift Outright
A Considerable Speck
The Silken Tent
Good-Bye and Keep Cold
A Prayer in Spring
Into My Own
Come In
Choose Something Like a Star
A Servant to Servants
Directive
Acquainted with the Night
Once by the Pacific
Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length
For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration
Away!