“It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has.”

— Robert Frost

As quoted in Robert Frost : The Trial by Existence (1960) by Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, p. 174
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Context: It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has. Some cognizance of the fact must be taken in your teaching.

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American poet 1874–1963

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