Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost
- Whose woods these are I think I know.
- His house is in the village though;
- He will not see me stopping here
- To watch his woods fill up with snow.
- My little horse must think it queer
- To stop without a farmhouse near
- Between the woods and frozen lake
- The darkest evening of the year.
- He gives his harness bells a shake
- To ask if there is some mistake.
- The only other sound's the sweep
- Of easy wind and downy flake.
- The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
- But I have promises to keep,
- And miles to go before I sleep,
- And miles to go before I sleep.
from "New Hampshire" (New York: Henry Holt, 1923)