Fire and Ice

Robert Frost

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 know that for destruction ice
Is also great,
        And would suffice.

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Fire and Ice by Robert Frost

Harper’s Magazine, Volume 142, December 1920, page 67

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