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.