| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rivers to the Sea by Sara Teasdale: Lithe as a bending reed
Loving the storm that sways her--
I found more joy in sorrow
Than you could find in joy."
III
OVER THE ROOFS
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OH chimes set high on the sunny tower
Ring on, ring on unendingly,
Make all the hours a single hour,
For when the dusk begins to flower,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Deserted Woman by Honore de Balzac: Switzerland were lived over again. For nine whole years they knew
happiness which it serves no purpose to describe; happiness which may
be divined from the outcome of the story by those whose souls can
comprehend poetry and prayer in their infinite manifestations.
All this time Mme. de Beauseant's husband, the present Marquis (his
father and elder brother having died), enjoyed the soundest health.
There is no better aid to life than a certain knowledge that our
demise would confer a benefit on some fellow-creature. M. de Beauseant
was one of those ironical and wayward beings who, like holders of
life-annuities, wake with an additional sense of relish every morning
to a consciousness of good health. For the rest, he was a man of the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: get it? Are they rich, are they poor, or have they a modeste
aisance? Why are they always chiveying me about - living one year
like ambassadors and the next like paupers? Who are they, any way,
and what are they? I've thought of all that - I've thought of a
lot of things. They're so beastly worldly. That's what I hate
most - oh, I've SEEN it! All they care about is to make an
appearance and to pass for something or other. What the dickens do
they want to pass for? What DO they, Mr. Pemberton?"
"You pause for a reply," said Pemberton, treating the question as a
joke, yet wondering too and greatly struck with his mate's intense
if imperfect vision. "I haven't the least idea."
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