Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
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.Robert Frost
We drove from Oslo to Trondheim yesterday. Miles to go before I sleep, indeed.
This is one of those poems I get as an ear worm occasionally. I learnt it by heart some twenty years ago, and it still resonates in my head (as do Fire and Ice and The Road Less Travelled by the same poet).
