Poem by Robert Lee Frost

The Courage to Be New

I hear the world reciting
The mistakes of ancient men,
The brutality and fighting
They will never have again.

Heartbroken and disabled
In body and in mind
They renew talk of the fabled
Federation of Mankind.

But they’re blessed with the acumen
To suspect the human trait
Was not the basest human
That made them militate.

They will tell you more as soon as
You tell them what to do
With their ever breaking newness
And their courage to be new.

1. The Gift Outright
2. The Broken Drought
3. A Case for Jefferson
4. Away!
5. Flower Guidance

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