| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest: Bud
Who is it lives to the full every minute,
Gets all the joy and the fun that is in it?
Tough as they make 'em, and ready to race,
Fit for a battle and fit for a chase,
Heedless of buttons on blouses and pants,
Laughing at danger and taking a chance,
Gladdest, it seems, when he wallows in mud,
Who is the rascal? I'll tell you, it's Bud!
Who is it wakes with a shout of delight,
And comes to our room with a smile that is bright?
Just Folks |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Poems by Bronte Sisters: sure and stedfast conviction, on which, in the rude passage from
Time to Eternity, she threw the weight of her human weakness, and
by which she was enabled to bear what was to be borne, patiently
--serenely--victoriously.
DESPONDENCY.
I have gone backward in the work;
The labour has not sped;
Drowsy and dark my spirit lies,
Heavy and dull as lead.
How can I rouse my sinking soul
From such a lethargy?
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes: Neither is enough by itself. A rose will not flower in the dark,
and a fern will not flower anywhere.
What do I think is the true sunshine that opens the poet's corolla?
- I don't like to say. They spoil a good many, I am afraid; or at
least they shine on a good many that never come to anything.
Who are THEY? - said the schoolmistress.
Women. Their love first inspires the poet, and their praise is his
best reward.
The schoolmistress reddened a little, but looked pleased. - Did I
really think so? - I do think so; I never feel safe until I have
pleased them; I don't think they are the first to see one's
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table |
