Emphasis Preaching Journal
For centuries, people have looked...
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For centuries, people have looked to the stars for wisdom: much like the child, who sings,
"Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are." Following in that tradition,
Robert Frost wrote a well-known poem about a star. It's called "Frostiana," and was later
set to music under the title, "Choose Something Like a Star." Here's a portion of the
larger poem:
Use language we can comprehend.
Tell us what elements you blend.
It gives us strangely little aid,
But does tell something in the end.
And steadfast as Keats' Eremite,
Use language we can comprehend.
Tell us what elements you blend.
It gives us strangely little aid,
But does tell something in the end.
And steadfast as Keats' Eremite,
