Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
"The Master Speed"; the last line is Inscribed beneath his wife's name on the gravestone of Frost and his wife, Elinor
1930s
“Loveward above the glancing oar”
— James Joyce, book Pomes Penyeach
Watching The Needleboats At San Sabba, p. 10
Pomes Penyeach (1927)
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