| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Helen of Troy And Other Poems by Sara Teasdale: Oh happy page he glorifies,
Oh happy little word beneath
His eyes.
But oh, thrice happy, happy I
Who love him more than songs can tell,
For in the heaven of his heart
I dwell.
Sonnets and Lyrics
Primavera Mia
As kings who see their little life-day pass,
Take off the heavy ermine and the crown,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll: sudden thought made me stoop down and examine the leaves.
Then a little thrill of delight ran through me --for I noticed that the
holes were all arranged so as to form letters; there were three leaves
side by side, with "B," "R," and "U" marked on them, and after some
search I found two more, which contained an "N" and an "O."
And then, all in a moment, a flash of inner light seemed to illumine a
part of my life that had all but faded into oblivion--the strange
visions I had experienced during my journey to Elveston: and with a
thrill of delight I thought "Those visions are destined to be linked
with my waking life!"
By this time the 'eerie' feeling had come back again, and I suddenly
Sylvie and Bruno |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: of the Just.
Euth. That is my opinion.
Soc. And which should you say was more a man of letters[34]--he who
intentionally misspells or misreads, or he who does so unconsciously?
[34] Or, "more grammatical"; "the better grammarian."
Euth. He who does so intentionally, I should say, because he can spell
or read correctly whenever he chooses.
Soc. Then the voluntary misspeller may be a lettered person, but the
involuntary offender is an illiterate?[35]
[35] Or, "In fact, he who sins against the lore of grammer
intentionally may be a good grammarian and a man of letters, but
The Memorabilia |
