Robert Frost Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• I have wished a bird would fly away,
  And not sing by my house all day;
  Have clapped my hands at him from the door
  When it seemed as if I could bear no more.
  The fault must partly have been in me.
  The bird was not to blame for his key.
  And of course there must be something wrong
  In wanting to silence any song.

  Robert Frost

  Song, Keys, Doors

  Robert Frost, Robert Faggen (2006). “The Notebooks of Robert Frost”, p.331, Harvard University Press

• Unless I'm wrong I but obey The urge of a song: I'm-bound-away! And I may return If dissatisfied With what I learn From having died.

  Robert Frost

  Song, Learning, May

  Robert Frost (1975). “The poetry of Robert Frost”

• In spring more mortal singers than belong
  To any one place cover us with song.
  Thrush, bluebird, blackbird, sparrow, and robin throng.

  Robert Frost

  Song, Spring, Robins

  Robert Frost (1975). “The poetry of Robert Frost”

• Sentences are not different enough to hold the attention unless they are dramatic. No ingenuity of varying structure will do. All that can save them is the speaking tone of voice somehow entangled in the words and fastened to the page for the ear of the imagination. That is all that can save poetry from sing-song, all that can save prose from itself.

  Robert Frost

  Song, Voice, Imagination

  Robert Frost, Mark Richardson (2007). “The Collected Prose of Robert Frost”, p.17, Harvard University Press

• And of course there must be something wrong
  In wanting to silence any song.

  Robert Frost

  Song, Silence, Courses

  Robert Frost, Robert Faggen (2006). “The Notebooks of Robert Frost”, p.331, Harvard University Press

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