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,
Not even stooping from its sphere,
It asks a little of us here.
It asks of us a certain height,
So when at times the mob is swayed
To carry praise or blame too far,
We may choose something like a star
To stay our minds on and be staid.
The choice is always before us, to "choose something like a star": the bright "Morning Star," Jesus Christ.
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,
Not even stooping from its sphere,
It asks a little of us here.
It asks of us a certain height,
So when at times the mob is swayed
To carry praise or blame too far,
We may choose something like a star
To stay our minds on and be staid.
The choice is always before us, to "choose something like a star": the bright "Morning Star," Jesus Christ.
