Source: Private Peaceful
“I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.”
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (1923) http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171621
Variant: And miles to go before I sleep.
Context: The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep”
General sources
Source: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (1923) http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171621
Context: The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
“I have a promise to keep; to return to a free and democratic Vietnam.”
2000s, A Bag of Earth, A Promise To Keep (2005)
“One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made.”
Source: Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
“One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.”
I.59
Human, All Too Human (1878)
Source: My Double Life (1907), Ch. 25
Context: Victor Hugo could not promise without keeping his word. He was not like me: I promise everything with the firm intention of keeping my promises, and two hours after I have forgotten all about them. If any one reminds me of what I have promised, I tear my hair, and to make up for my forgetfulness I say anything, I buy presents — in fact, I complicate my life with useless worries. It has always been thus, and always will be so.
2013, Fifth State of the Union Address (February 2013)
St. 4
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1923)
