Table of contents : Mending well -- After apple-picking -- Reluctance -- Mowing -- The tuft of flowers -- The death of the hired man -- The road not taken -- Birches -- The oven bird -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening -- Spring pools -- The need of being versed in country things -- The witch of Coös -- Dust of snow -- Nothing gold can stay -- Fire and ice -- The onset -- Acquainted with the night -- Design -- Desert places -- Neither out far nor in deep -- Two tramps in mud time -- Provide, provide -- Departmental -- The gift outright -- The secret sits -- The most of it -- Never again would birds' song be the same -- The silken tent -- Directive -- One step backward taken -- The objection to being stepped on -- Forgive, O Lord -- Questioning faces -- "In winter in the woods alone" -- Away!