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Now no joy but lacks salt That is not dashed with pain And weariness and fault; I crave… — Robert Frost

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Now no joy but lacks salt That is not dashed with pain And weariness and fault; I crave the stain Of tears, the aftermark Of almost too much love, The sweet of bitter bark And burning clove.

Robert Frost
1923
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1923
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Robert Frost
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Frost, Robert. "To Earthward." Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Library of America, 1995, st. 5, I. 1.
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Frost, Robert. "To Earthward." New Hampshire. Henry Holt, 1923, st. 5, I. 1.

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