1. The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
2. If You Forget Me – Pablo Neruda
If suddenly you forget me,
Do not look for me, for I shall have already forgotten you.
3. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep – Mary Elizabeth Frye
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
4. Hope is the Thing with Feathers – Emily Dickinson
“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
5. Invictus – William Ernest Henley
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
6. A Dream Within a Dream – Edgar Allan Poe
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
7. Annabel Lee – Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
8. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening – Robert Frost
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
9. Ode to a Nightingale – John Keats
Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!
No hungry generations tread thee down.
10. When You Are Old – W.B. Yeats
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
11. How Do I Love Thee? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight.
12. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock – T.S. Eliot
Do I dare disturb the universe?
13. Sonnet 18 – William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
14. She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies.
15. Remember – Christina Rossetti
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land.
16. To an Athlete Dying Young – A.E. Housman
The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place.
17. The Raven – Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
18. Because I Could Not Stop for Death – Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me.
19. O Captain! My Captain! – Walt Whitman
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done.
20. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud – William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills.
