- 17 June 2009
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The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost (1874-1963)
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;
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Then took the other, as just as fair[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And having perhaps the better claim,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Because it was grassy and wanted wear;[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Though as for that, the passing there[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Had worn them really about the same, [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And both that morning equally lay[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In leaves no step had trodden black[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Oh, I kept the first for another day![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Yet knowing how way leads on to way,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I doubted if I should ever come back.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I shall be telling this with a sigh[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Somewhere ages and ages hence:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]two roads diverged in a wood, and I - [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I took the one less traveled by,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And that has made all the difference. [/FONT]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLIQIq_VWb4&feature=related
Robert Frost said:
"One stanza of 'The Road Not Taken' was written while I was sitting on a sofa in the middle of England: Was found three or four years later, and I couldn't bear not to finish it. I wasn't thinking about myself there, but about a friend who had gone off to war, a person who, whichever road he went, would be sorry he didn't go the other. He was hard on himself that way."
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;
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Then took the other, as just as fair[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And having perhaps the better claim,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Because it was grassy and wanted wear;[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Though as for that, the passing there[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Had worn them really about the same, [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And both that morning equally lay[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In leaves no step had trodden black[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Oh, I kept the first for another day![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Yet knowing how way leads on to way,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I doubted if I should ever come back.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I shall be telling this with a sigh[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Somewhere ages and ages hence:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]two roads diverged in a wood, and I - [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I took the one less traveled by,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And that has made all the difference. [/FONT]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLIQIq_VWb4&feature=related
Robert Frost said:
"One stanza of 'The Road Not Taken' was written while I was sitting on a sofa in the middle of England: Was found three or four years later, and I couldn't bear not to finish it. I wasn't thinking about myself there, but about a friend who had gone off to war, a person who, whichever road he went, would be sorry he didn't go the other. He was hard on himself that way."