# A Question \[a poem by Robert Frost\]

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 30, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-a-poem-by-robert-frost/639348 "2012-10-30T19:27:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-a-poem-by-robert-frost/639348/1 "2012-10-30T19:27:33Z")

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A voice said, Look me in the stars  
And tell me truly, men of earth,  
If all the soul-and-body scars  
Were not too much to pay for birth.

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An old stand-by for when times are tough, that I recite to myself. For anyone going through difficult emotions or physical stress, just wanted to share.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-a-poem-by-robert-frost/639348/2 "2012-10-30T19:49:11Z")

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Lovely. Let’s reconvene in Cafe Society, from MPSIMS. 🙂