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PLOWMEN by ROBERT FROST

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First Line: A PLOW, I HEAR MEN SAY, TO PLOW THE SNOW
Last Line: AT HAVING CULTIVATED ROCK.
Subject(s): LABOR & LABORERS; WORK; WORKERS;

A plow, I hear men say, to plow the snow.
They cannot mean to plant it, though --
Unless in bitterness to mock
At having cultivated rock.



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