159 the road not taken

The Road Not Taken
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 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 Lee Frost

ðə rəʊd nɒt ˈteɪk(ə)n |
tuː rəʊdz daɪvɜːdʒd ɪn ə jeləʊ wʊd |
ən(d) sɒri aɪ kəd nɒt trævl̩ bəʊθ |
ən(d) bi wʌn trævələ |lɒŋ aɪ stʊd|
ən(d) lʊkt dɑʊn wʌn əz fɑːr əz aɪ kʊd |

tə wɛər ɪt bent ɪn ði ʌndəɡrəʊθ |
ðen tʊk ði ʌðə | əz dʒʌst əz fɛə |
ən(d) hævɪŋ pəhæps ðə betə kleɪm|
bɪkɒz ɪt wəz ɡrɑːsi ən(d) wɒntɪd
wɛə |
ðə(ʊ) əz fə ðæt | ðə pɑːsɪŋ ðɛə |
həd wɔːn ð(ə)m rɪəli əbɑʊt ðə seɪm |
ən(d) bəʊθ ðæt mɔːnɪŋ iːkwəli leɪ|
ɪn liːvz nəʊ step həd trɒdn̩ blæk|
əʊ | aɪ kept ðə fɜːs(t) fər ənʌðə deɪ |
jet nə(ʊ)ɪŋ hɑʊ weɪ liːdz tə weɪ |
aɪ dɑʊtɪd ɪf aɪ ʃəd evə kʌm bæk|
aɪ ʃəl bi telɪŋ ðɪs wɪð ə saɪ |
sʌmwɛər eɪdʒɪz ənd eɪdʒɪz hens|
tuː rəʊdz daɪvɜːdʒd ɪn ə jeləʊ wʊd |
ənd aɪ |
aɪ tʊk ðə wʌn les trævl̩d baɪ |
ən(d) ðæts meɪd ɔːl ðə dɪfrəns |