# North of Boston

A 1914 poetry collection published by D. Nutt, 1914 OCLC:4397967, and also by Henry Holt the same year OCLC:1561926. It includes two of Frost's most famous poems, 'Mending Wall' and 'After Apple-picking'. Most of the poems resemble short dramas or dialogues. one or more chapters are available in a spoken word format.
NORTH OF BOSTON
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
A BOY'S WILL
75 cents net..
This is Mr. Frost's first volume of poetry.
"We have read every line with that amazement and delight which are too seldom evoked by books of modern verse."—The Academy (London).
"These songs give us the sort of pleasure that we have in those of 'The Shropshire Lad' of Mr. Housman."—The Dial.
NORTH OF BOSTON
BY
ROBERT FROST
AUTHOR OF "A BOY'S WILL"
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1915
First edition, 1914 Second edition, 1915 Reprinted June, August, October, December, 1915
TO
E. M. F.
THIS BOOK OF PEOPLE
CONTENTS
* PAGE
* Mending Wall................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
* The Death of the Hired Man................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14
* The Mountain................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
* A Hundred Collars................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
* Home Burial................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
* The Black Cottage................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................50
* Blueberries................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................56
* A Servant to Servants................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
* After Apple-picking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
* The Code................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................76
* The Generations of Men................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83
* The Housekeeper................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................97
* The Fear................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111
* The Self-seeker................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................118
* The Wood-pile................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................133
* The Pasture
* Good Hours
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