“I do not see why I should e'er turn back”

—  Robert Frost

"Into My Own", st. 4 (1913)
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Context: p>I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.They would not find me changed from him they knew —
Only more sure of all I thought was true.</p

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