42 Leif . . . German: Leif Ericsson (fl. A.D. 1000), an Icelandic explorer who was driven off course and by luck became the first known discoverer of a land rich in self-cultivating wheat, timber, and grapes that he called “Vinland,” or “Wineland, the Good,” in North America, possibly some part of Nova Scotia. He carried specimens of wild, grape-bearing vines back to Greenland. Although there is no contemporaneous record of his discovery, it is supported by Adam of Bremen (Germany) in Gesta Hammaburgenis Ecclesiae Pontificum (1595).

43 COÖS: Coos County in northern New Hampshire.

44 the Sioux Control: A U.S. agent in charge of the affairs of the Sioux Indian tribe. Here he acts as a spiritualist.

45 The Wild Colonial Boy: Australian folk song.

46 GRAFTON: County in central New Hampshire.

47 Rogers’Rangers: Rangers commanded by Robert Rogers (1731-95) in the Seven Years’ War (1756-63).

48 E. T. . . . poems: British essayist Edward Thomas (1878-1917) became a close friend of Frost’s and began writing poetry soon after. He joined the army in 1915, and after his death in 1917, Frost succeeded in having a collection of Thomas’s poems published in America.

49 Vimy Ridge: Captured by Canadian and British troops, April 9-10, 1917, during the Battle of Arras. Thomas was serving with the Royal Garrison Artillery and was killed by a German shell on April 9, several miles south of the ridge.

50 Truth? A pebble of quartz?: It was a saying of ancient Greek philosophy that truth could be found at the bottom of a well.

INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES

INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES

A governor it was proclaimed this time,

A house that lacks, seemingly, mistress and master,

A lantern light from deeper in the barn

A neighbor of mine in the village

A plow, I hear men say, to plow the snow

A saturated meadow,

A stranger came to the door at eve,

After Apple-Picking

Aim Was Song, The

All crying, “We will go with you, O Wind!”

All out of doors looked darkly in at him

Always the same, when on a fated night

As I went down the hill along the wall

Asking for Roses

Ax-Helve, The

Before man came to blow it right

Birches

Black Cottage, The

Blueberries

Blue-Butterfly Day

Bond and Free

Bonfire, The

BOY’S WILL, A

Brook in the City, A

Brown lived at such a lofty farm

Brown’s Descent

By June our brook’s run out of song and speed

Census-Taker, The

Christmas Trees

Code, The

Come with rain, O loud Southwester!

Cow in Apple Time, The

Death of the Hired Mall, The

Demiurge’s Laugh, The

Dream Pang, A

Dust of Snow

Encounter, An

Even the bravest that are slain

Evening in a Sugar Orchard

Exposed Nest, The

Fear, The

Fire and Ice

Flower-Gathering

For Once, Then, Something

From where I lingered in a lull of March

Generations of Men, The

Ghost House

Girl’s Garden, A

Going for Water

Good Hours

Good-by and Keep Cold

Grindstone, The

Gum-Gatherer, The