The Road Not Taken

[Swede]

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.


--Robert Frost, 1920

[Bullwinkle925]

1. It's always nice to revisit that old friend.

Thank you for posting it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I love Robert Frost.........

This is one of my favorites.......

Thank you.

[WCGreen]

3. They put this to symphonic music in the 60's....

We sang it for our choir and it was just beautiful....

[Mutley]

4. I sang it in high school

I like it. :thumbsup:

[WCGreen]

6. It was a wonderful piece, wasn't it....

[sweetheart]

5. The road not taken

Down the sovereign ending
of the difference in paths
unified in opposition
amplified by its absence,
forgotten yearning rememberance.