Produced by Al Haines, Mark Akrigg, Stephen Hutcheson & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net _By_ ROBERT FROST A BOY’S WILL NORTH OF BOSTON MOUNTAIN INTERVAL SELECTED POEMS NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW HAMPSHIRE A POEM WITH NOTES AND GRACE NOTES BY ROBERT FROST WITH WOODCUTS BY J. J. LANKES PUBLISHED BY HENRY HOLT & COMPANY : NEW YORK : MCMXXIII Copyright, 1923 BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY _First Printing, October, 1923_ _Second Printing, January, 1924_ _Third Printing, May, 1924_ _Fourth Printing, November, 1924_ _Fifth Printing, December, 1926_ _Sixth Printing, April, 1928_ _To_ VERMONT AND MICHIGAN CONTENTS PAGE NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire 3 NOTES A Star in a Stone-boat 21 The Census-taker 24 The Star-splitter 27 Maple 31 The Axe-helve 37 The Grindstone 41 Paul’s Wife 44 Wild Grapes 49 Place for a Third 53 Two Witches 56 I. _The Witch of Coös_ 56 II. _The Pauper Witch of Grafton_ 61 An Empty Threat 65 A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears and Some Books 67 I Will Sing You One-O 73