Fascinating ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Response penned at the conclusion of a four page typed poem by Carl E. Hirsch entitled 'To Robert Frost,' in full: "Your poems make deep thoughtful reading. You haven't let the mere sound of words have the upper hand of you. But you scare me a little with what you have taken me to mean. You suck more melancholy out of me than I should have thought possible. Caesar and Marius and I should all be taken with a grain of salt. Emerson said 'Earth's a howling wilderness truculent with force and fraud.' It is and it isn't. Sandburg the happy go lucky says 'The people-yes!' The people yes and no! You might be making too much out of my wish a bird would go away and not sing by my house all day. You must be careful to think free. It is true regret is sacred. But so are a lot of other things sacred and all of them regret included are but ministers to poetry and feed its sacred flame. Thanks for letting me see the poems." In fine condition, with general light handling wear. At once an appealing reflection on a fellow poet's creative analysis of 'Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening' and 'A Minor Bird,' this uncommon and lengthy letter boasts unique content from Frost, who not only quotes the latter 1928 poem, but makes notable references to literary greats in both Ralph Waldo Emerson and Carl Sandburg. An amusing letter with strong literary association.
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