| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake: Where many had been burned before;
The weeping parents wept in vain.
Are such things done on Albion's shore?
A LITTLE GIRL LOST
Children of the future age,
Reading this indignant page,
Know that in a former time
Love, sweet love, was thought a crime.
In the age of gold,
Free from winter's cold,
Youth and maiden bright,
Songs of Innocence and Experience |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens: round. 'What are you doing? Where is he? Show me!'
'You are hurt,' said Barnaby--as indeed he was, in the head, both
by the blow he had received, and by his horse's hoof. 'Come away
with me.'
As he spoke, he took the horse's bridle in his hand, turned him,
and dragged Hugh several paces. This brought them out of the
crowd, which was pouring from the street into the vintner's
cellars.
'Where's--where's Dennis?' said Hugh, coming to a stop, and
checking Barnaby with his strong arm. 'Where has he been all day?
What did he mean by leaving me as he did, in the jail, last night?
Barnaby Rudge |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: behind him some great beast moved on padded feet.
Werper feared these prowlers of the night; but
infinitely more he feared the just wrath of the human
beast sleeping at his side. With utmost caution the
Belgian arose. Tarzan did not move. Werper took a few
steps toward the plain and the distant forest to the
northwest, then he paused and fingered the hilt of the
long knife in his belt. He turned and looked down upon
the sleeper.
"Why not?" he mused. "Then I should be safe."
He returned and bent above the ape-man. Clutched
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar |
