Who said it mattered / what monkeys did or didn't understan… - Robert Frost

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Who said it mattered / what monkeys did or didn't understand? / They might not understand the burning-glass. / They might not understand the sun itself. / It's knowing what to do with things that counts.

Robert Frost

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Robert Lee Frost (26 March 1874 – 29 January 1963) was an American poet; winner of four Pulitzer Prizes.

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Far in the pillared dark Thrush music went — Almost like a call to come in To the dark and lament. But no, I was out for stars; I would not come in. I meant not even if asked; And I hadn't been.

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Was it ever less than a treason
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To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
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Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.

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