Fire and Ice


Some say the world will end in fire,
        Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
        Is also great
        And would suffice.

Robert Frost


First published in: Harper's Magazine, December 1920.

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