| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare: So Priam's trust false Sinon's tears doth flatter,
That he finds means to burn his Troy with water.'
Here, all enrag'd, such passion her assails,
That patience is quite beaten from her breast.
She tears the senseless Sinon with her nails,
Comparing him to that unhappy guest
Whose deed hath made herself herself detest;
At last she smilingly with this gives o'er;
'Fool, fool!' quoth she, 'his wounds will not be sore.'
Thus ebbs and flows the current of her sorrow,
And time doth weary time with her complaining.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes: because, as the story goes (and they say he himself said so), that was
the place where he first saw her. And he has also left other
directions which the clergy of the village say should not and must not
be obeyed because they savour of paganism. To all which his great
friend Ambrosio the student, he who, like him, also went dressed as
a shepherd, replies that everything must be done without any
omission according to the directions left by Chrysostom, and about
this the village is all in commotion; however, report says that, after
all, what Ambrosio and all the shepherds his friends desire will be
done, and to-morrow they are coming to bury him with great ceremony
where I said. I am sure it will be something worth seeing; at least
Don Quixote |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: upon thee and upon (some) nations of those who are with thee; but
(some) nations we will allow to enjoy prosperity and then there
shall touch, them, from us grievous woe.' These are, stories of the
unseen which we reveal to thee; thou didst not know them, thou nor thy
people before this. Be patient, then; verily, the issue is for those
who fear.
And unto 'Ad (we sent) their brother Hud, he said, 'O my people!
serve God; ye have no god but Him. Ye do but devise a lie. O my
people! I do not ask you for hire in return; my hire is only from
Him who created me: have ye then no sense?
'O my people! ask pardon of your Lord; then turn to Him; He will
The Koran |
