"Fire and Ice" (1923)
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“I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great”
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But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruc…" by Robert Frost?
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Context: p>The iron ice stung like a goad,
Slashing the torn shoes from my feet,
And all the air was bitter sleet. And all the land was cramped with snow,
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In one vast hunger of desire.</p
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