Famous Quotes | Yet oh! the tempting flatness of...

Yet oh! the tempting flatness of a book,
To send it sailing out the attic window
Till it caught wind and, opening out its covers,
Tried to improve on sailing like a tile
By flying like a bird (silent in flight,
But all the burden of its body song).... - Robert Frost
Attribution: Robert Frost (1874–1963), U.S. poet. “A Fountain, a Bottle, A Donkey’s Ears, and Some Books.”

Categories: Birds, Books, Flight

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