C# - Textdatei in List<String> einlesen

/// <summary>
/// Reads the text file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">The path.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static List<String> ReadTextFile(string path)
{
    List<String> lines = new List<String>();
    using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path, Encoding.Default))
    {
        while (sr.Peek() != -1)
           lines.Add(sr.ReadLine());
    }
    return lines;
}