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In Neglect
Robert Frost · 1913–1916
Catalog grade guidance: 9–12 — Frost early-book lyric from hosted PD text (1913–1916).
6 content lines · 39 words · Est. recitation about 23 sec (approx.)
Public-domain text for reading and recitation practice. Source: Project Gutenberg #3021 / #3026 / #29345.Estimated time uses ~120 words/minute plus short pauses—not a contest rule.
In Neglect
THEY leave us so to the way we took,
As two in whom they were proved mistaken,
That we sit sometimes in the wayside nook,
With mischievous, vagrant, seraphic look,
And try if we cannot feel forsaken.