The 10 Most Quoted Lines of Poetry

We often hear quotes like "O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo?" satirized and parodied in comedy sketches and such, but did you ever stop to wonder just how often we hear poetry on a daily basis? Here's a look at the top ten most quoted lines of poetry, courtesy of InkyFool (Click here for link to list on Inky Fool ):

• To err is human; to forgive, divine
  • Poet: Alexander Pope
  • From: “An Essay on Criticism”
• I am the master of my fate
  • Poet: William Ernest Henley
  • From: “Invictus”
• The child is father of the man
  • Poet:Wordsworth
  • From: “My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold”
• I wandered lonely as a cloud
  • Poet: Wordsworth
  • From: “The Daffodils”
• And miles to go before I sleep
  • Poet: Robert Frost
  • From: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
• Not with a bang but with a whimper
  • Poet: T.S. Eliot
  • From: “The Hollow Men”
• Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
  • Poet: W.B. Yeats
  • From: “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven”
• To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
  • Poet: Tennyson
  • From: “Ulysses”
• Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair
  • Poet: P. B. Shelley
  • From: “Ozymandias”
• Tis better to have loved and lost/Than never to have loved at all
  • Poet: Tennyson
  • From: “In Memoriam A.H.H.”

 Surprisingly, Emily Dickinson and Shakespeare did not make it into the top ten but they are included in the top 100 most quoted lines of poetry. 

What do you think is the most quoted line of poetry?