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[Frost, Robert. (1874 - 1963)]. Carved “Miles to go Before I sleep” Walking Stick from the collection of the Poet. Robert Frost’s personally-owned and -used knotty wooden walking stick, measuring approximately 39 inches long, carved along one side with “R. Frost” and along the other with a famous line from the poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,’ “Miles to go before I sleep.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a notarized letter of provenance, in part: “This walking stick was acquired by me from Robert Graham Chase’s Estate. Mr. Chase, was a personal friend of Robert Frost when he lived in Franconia and Vermont. According to him, Frost owned and used this walking stick when he lived in Vermont while at Dartmouth College.” Also includes photocopies of a book inscribed to Chase by Frost. Chase studied book design with Ray Nash at Dartmouth and was later a noted antiques dealer. While the maker of the cane is unknown, it was presumably created by one of his admirers and given as a tribute to the great poet. In Frost’s essay ‘The Figure a Poem Makes,’ published as an introduction to the 1939 edition of his Collected Poems, he comments, ‘We enjoy the straight crookedness of a good walking stick.’ A unique relic with an ideal relationship to Frost’s life and work.
[Frost, Robert. (1874 - 1963)]. Carved “Miles to go Before I sleep” Walking Stick from the collection of the Poet. Robert Frost’s personally-owned and -used knotty wooden walking stick, measuring approximately 39 inches long, carved along one side with “R. Frost” and along the other with a famous line from the poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,’ “Miles to go before I sleep.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a notarized letter of provenance, in part: “This walking stick was acquired by me from Robert Graham Chase’s Estate. Mr. Chase, was a personal friend of Robert Frost when he lived in Franconia and Vermont. According to him, Frost owned and used this walking stick when he lived in Vermont while at Dartmouth College.” Also includes photocopies of a book inscribed to Chase by Frost. Chase studied book design with Ray Nash at Dartmouth and was later a noted antiques dealer. While the maker of the cane is unknown, it was presumably created by one of his admirers and given as a tribute to the great poet. In Frost’s essay ‘The Figure a Poem Makes,’ published as an introduction to the 1939 edition of his Collected Poems, he comments, ‘We enjoy the straight crookedness of a good walking stick.’ A unique relic with an ideal relationship to Frost’s life and work.