Robert Frost (1874–1963). A Boy’s Will. 1915.
Contents
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 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
- Revelation He resolves to become intelligible, at least to himself, since there is no help else;
- The Trial by Existence and to know definitely what he thinks about the soul;
- In Equal Sacrifice about love;
- The Tuft of Flowers about fellowship;
- Spoils of the Dead about death;
- Pan with Us about art (his own);
- The Demiurge’s Laugh about science.
- Now Close the Windows It is time to make an end of speaking.
- A Line-storm Song It is the autumnal mood with a difference.
- October He sees days slipping from him that were the best for what they were.
- My Butterfly There are things that can never be the same.
- Reluctance