The Pasture

Robert Frost · 1913–1916

Catalog grade guidance: 3–5 — Frost early-book lyric from hosted PD text (1913–1916).

26 content lines · 115 words · Est. recitation about 1 min 10 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.

THE PASTURE

        I'M going out to clean the pasture spring;
        I'll only stop to rake the leaves away
        (And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
        I sha'n't be gone long.--You come too.
        I'm going out to fetch the little calf
        That's standing by the mother. It's so young,
        It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
        I sha'n't be gone long.--You come too.

CONTENTS

         Mending Wall
         The Death of the Hired Man
         The Mountain
         A Hundred Collars
         Home Burial
         The Black Cottage
         Blueberries
         A Servant to Servants
         After Apple-picking
         The Code
         The Generations of Men
         The Housekeeper
         The Fear
         The Self-seeker
         The Wood-pile
         Good Hours