{"product_id":"a-boys-will-and-north-of-boston","title":"A Boy's Will and North of Boston","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Back\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlthough Robert Frost (1874-1963) wrote poetry throughout his youth and early adult years, his first collection of poems was not published until he was nearly 40 years old. And, ironically, it was not in America that this quintessentially American poet was first published, but in England. In 1912, he settled his family in Buckinghamshire, determining to devote his full life to poetry. \n\u003cbr\u003eIn 1913, Frost published \n\u003ci\u003eA Boy's Will, \u003c\/i\u003ehis first collection of poems. A series of sharply observed impressions of New England rural life touching upon universal themes, it included such poems as \"Into My Own,\" \"Asking for Roses,\" \"Spoils of the Dead,\" and \"Reluctance.\" A second volume, \n\u003ci\u003eNorth of Boston, \u003c\/i\u003efollowed in 1914 and contained several of Frost's finest and best-known works: \"Mending Wall,\" \"After Apple-Picking,\" \"The Death of the Hired Man,\" and others. Both volumes are reprinted here complete and unabridged―a treasury of fine early verse by one of the 20th century's most admired poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Boy's Will \n\u003cbr\u003ePART I \n\u003cbr\u003e Into My Own \n\u003cbr\u003e Ghost House \n\u003cbr\u003e My November Guest \n\u003cbr\u003e Love and a Question \n\u003cbr\u003e A Late Walk \n\u003cbr\u003e Stars \n\u003cbr\u003e Storm Fear \n\u003cbr\u003e Wind and Window Flower \n\u003cbr\u003e To the Thawing Wind \n\u003cbr\u003e A Prayer in Spring \n\u003cbr\u003e Flower-Gathering \n\u003cbr\u003e Rose Pogonias \n\u003cbr\u003e Asking for Roses \n\u003cbr\u003e Waiting-AFIELD AT DUSK \n\u003cbr\u003e In a Vale \n\u003cbr\u003e A Dream Pang \n\u003cbr\u003e In Neglect \n\u003cbr\u003e The Vantage Point \n\u003cbr\u003e Mowing \n\u003cbr\u003e Going for Water \n\u003cbr\u003ePART II \n\u003cbr\u003e Revelation \n\u003cbr\u003e The Trial by Existence \n\u003cbr\u003e In Equal Sacrifice \n\u003cbr\u003e The Tuft of Flowers \n\u003cbr\u003e Spoils of the Dead \n\u003cbr\u003e Pan with Us \n\u003cbr\u003e The Demiurge's Laugh \n\u003cbr\u003ePART III \n\u003cbr\u003e Now Close the Windows \n\u003cbr\u003e A Line-Storm Song \n\u003cbr\u003e October \n\u003cbr\u003e My Butterfly \n\u003cbr\u003e Reluctance \n\u003cbr\u003eNorth of Boston \n\u003cbr\u003e The Pasture \n\u003cbr\u003e Mending Wall \n\u003cbr\u003e The Death of the Hired Man \n\u003cbr\u003e The Mountain \n\u003cbr\u003e A Hundred Collars \n\u003cbr\u003e Home Burial \n\u003cbr\u003e The Black Cottage \n\u003cbr\u003e Blueberries \n\u003cbr\u003e A Servant to Servants \n\u003cbr\u003e After Apple-Picking \n\u003cbr\u003e The Code \n\u003cbr\u003e The Generations of Men \n\u003cbr\u003e The Housekeeper \n\u003cbr\u003e The Fear \n\u003cbr\u003e The Self-Seeker \n\u003cbr\u003e The Wood-Pile \n\u003cbr\u003e Good Hours \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlthough Robert Frost (1874-1963) wrote poetry throughout his youth and early adult years, his first collection of poems was not published until he was nearly 40 years old. And, ironically, it was not in America that this quintessentially American poet was first published, but in England. In 1912, he settled his family in Buckinghamshire, determining to devote his full life to poetry. \n\u003cbr\u003eIn 1913, Frost published \n\u003ci\u003eA Boy's Will, \u003c\/i\u003ehis first collection of poems. A series of sharply observed impressions of New England rural life touching upon universal themes, it included such poems as \"Into My Own,\" \"Asking for Roses,\" \"Spoils of the Dead,\" and \"Reluctance.\" A second volume, \n\u003ci\u003eNorth of Boston, \u003c\/i\u003efollowed in 1914 and contained several of Frost's finest and best-known works: \"Mending Wall,\" \"After Apple-Picking,\" \"The Death of the Hired Man,\" and others. 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