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Quotes from For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration — Robert Frost

1874–1963 United States

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Some poor fool has been saying in his heart
Glory is out of date in life and art.

For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration (1960)

Courage is in the air in bracing whiffs
Better than all the stalemate an's and ifs.

For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration (1960)

And by the example of our Declaration
Make everybody want to be a nation.

For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration (1960)

Summoning artists to participate
In the august occasions of the state
Seems something artists ought to celebrate.

For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration (1960)

We see how seriously the races swarm
In their attempts at sovereignty and form.
They are our wards we think to some extent
For the time being and with their consent,
To teach them how Democracy is meant.

For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration (1960)

Come fresh from an election like the last,
The greatest vote a people ever cast,
So close yet sure to be abided by,
It is no miracle our mood is high.

For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration (1960)

This verse that in acknowledgement I bring
Goes back to the beginning of the end
Of what had been for centuries the trend;
A turning point in modern history.

For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration (1960)

"New order of the ages" did they say?
If it looks none too orderly today,
'Tis a confusion it was ours to start
So in it have to take courageous part.
No one of honest feeling would approve
A ruler who pretended not to love
A turbulence he had the better of.

For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration (1960)

It makes the prophet in us all presage
The glory of a next Augustan age
Of a power leading from its strength and pride,
Of young ambition eager to be tried,
Firm in our free beliefs without dismay,
In any game the nations want to play.
A golden age of poetry and power
Of which this noonday's the beginning hour.

For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration (1960)

Everyone knows the glory of the twain
Who gave America the aeroplane
To ride the whirlwind and the hurricane.
Some poor fool has been saying in his heart
Glory is out of date in life and art.
Our venture in revolution and outlawry
Has justified itself in freedom's story
Right down to now in glory upon glory.

For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration (1960)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Frost (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.