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Quotation from Early Poems: A Boy's Will, North of Boston, Mountain Interval by Robert Frost
“He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, "Good fences make good neighbours."”
Early Poems: A Boy's Will, North of Boston, Mountain Interval, North of Boston, Mending Wall (Project Gutenberg text)
The poem's last lines, in which the neighbor repeats his proverb and the speaker's questions go unanswered.
Citation: "He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, "Good fences make good neighbours."" — Robert Frost, Early Poems: A Boy's Will, North of Boston, Mountain Interval, North of Boston, Mending Wall (Project Gutenberg text). (id frost-early-poems-q3)
Portrait: Robert Frost NYWTS, Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain.
