American vs British spelling for an engraving.

[PILinOz]

Having a dilemma over a gift and hoping you can advise.

I want to get lines from a poem engraved on to a gift for a colleague. They are from a poem called “The Road Not Taken” by American poet Robert Frost. The lines are
“ Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”

So, for the engraving, should I stick to the original American spelling of “traveled” and stay true to the original poem? Or, as we are in the UK, should it be changed to “travelled”

I should note, that my colleague is very pedantic when it comes to spelling and grammar so I want to get this right!

Thanks in advance.

In that case I’d use the original spelling.

The original! You wouldn't modernise Chaurcer's spelling and please any pedant, so leave the US quote alone.

I think the word “yellow” appears in the first verse. This quotation is from the last verse.

The consensus seems to be to keep the original, American spelling. “Traveled” it is.
Thanks pedants!

Frost was American so the quote should be in American-English.

This corner of MN would be appalled if a British poet was given the US spelling treatment.

‘Sic’ should be in square brackets to show it’s not part of the original text 😉