Robert Frost
(1874 – 1963, US-amerikanischer Dichter und vierfacher Pulitzer-Preiträger)
Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Erste Veröffentlichung von „Fire and Ice“ im Dezember 1920 in Harper’s Magazine