Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

The narrator of this famous Robert Frost poem stops his horse in the middle of the woods to enjoy a quiet moment in the snow.  There may be “miles to go” before we sleep, but perhaps we can follow suit, and take the holiday season to enjoy a moment of reflection.  As the poet reminds us: The woods are lovely, dark and deep. 

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound's the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.