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A BOY'S WILL  By Robert Frost

    Part I
        Into My Own
            The youth is persuaded that he will be rather more than less himself
            for having forsworn the world.
        Ghost House
            He is happy in society of his choosing.
        My November Guest
            He is in love with being misunderstood.
        Love and a Question
            He is in doubt whether to admit real trouble to a place beside the
            hearth with love.
        A Late Walk
            He courts the autumnal mood.
        Stars
            There is no oversight of human affairs.
        Storm Fear
            He is afraid of his own isolation.
        Wind and Window Flower
            Out of the winter things he fashions a story of modern love.
        To the Thawing Wind (audio)
            He calls on change through the violence of the elements.
        A Prayer in Spring
            He discovers that the greatness of love lies not in forward-looking
            thoughts;
        Flower-gathering
            nor yet in any spur it may be to ambition.
        Rose Pogonias
            He is no dissenter from the ritualism of nature;
        Asking for Roses
            nor from the ritualism of youth which is make-believe.
        Waiting--Afield at Dusk
            He arrives at the turn of the year.
        In a Vale
            Out of old longings he fashions a story.
        A Dream Pang
            He is shown by a dream how really well it is with him.
        In Neglect
            He is scornful of folk his scorn cannot reach.
        The Vantage Point
            And again scornful, but there is no one hurt.
        Mowing
            He takes up life simply with the small tasks.
        Going for Water

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