| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Georgics by Virgil: Chestnut and grey are good; the worst-hued white
And sorrel. Then lo! if arms are clashed afar,
Bide still he cannot: ears stiffen and limbs quake;
His nostrils snort and roll out wreaths of fire.
Dense is his mane, that when uplifted falls
On his right shoulder; betwixt either loin
The spine runs double; his earth-dinting hoof
Rings with the ponderous beat of solid horn.
Even such a horse was Cyllarus, reined and tamed
By Pollux of Amyclae; such the pair
In Grecian song renowned, those steeds of Mars,
Georgics |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: was possessed of Western adaptation. It gave her no conscientious
qualms to exchange conversation fraternal with these genial
savages.
The Elk House did not rejoice in a private dining room, and
competition strenuous ensued as to who should have the pleasure
of sitting beside the guest of honor. To avoid ill feeling, the
matter was determined by a game of freeze-out, in which Texas and
a mature gentleman named, from his complexion, "Beet" Collins,
were the lucky victors. Texas immediately repaired to the general
store, where he purchased a new scarlet bandanna for the
occasion; also a cake of soap with which to rout the alkali dust
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Divine Comedy (translated by H.F. Cary) by Dante Alighieri: Who, for my safety, hast not scorn'd, in hell
To leave the traces of thy footsteps mark'd!
For all mine eyes have seen, I, to thy power
And goodness, virtue owe and grace. Of slave,
Thou hast to freedom brought me; and no means,
For my deliverance apt, hast left untried.
Thy liberal bounty still toward me keep.
That, when my spirit, which thou madest whole,
Is loosen'd from this body, it may find
Favour with thee." So I my suit preferr'd:
And she, so distant, as appear'd, look'd down,
The Divine Comedy (translated by H.F. Cary) |
