| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Love Songs by Sara Teasdale: And trouble me no more."
But over the roofs there came
The wet new wind of May,
And a tune blew up from the curb
Where the street-pianos play.
My room was white with the sun
And Love cried out in me,
"I am strong, I will break your heart
Unless you set me free."
Tides
Love in my heart was a fresh tide flowing
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Long Odds by H. Rider Haggard: moonlight of the lioness bounding along through the long grass, and
after her a couple of cubs about the size of mastiffs. She stopped
within a few feet of my head, and stood, waved her tail, and fixed me
with her glowing yellow eyes; but just as I thought that it was all over
she turned and began to feed on Kaptein, and so did the cubs. There
were the four of them within eight feet of me, growling and quarrelling,
rending and tearing, and crunching poor Kaptein's bones; and there I lay
shaking with terror, and the cold perspiration pouring out of me,
feeling like another Daniel come to judgment in a new sense of the
phrase. Presently the cubs had eaten their fill, and began to get
restless. One went round to the back of the waggon and pulled at the
Long Odds |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: The sun was rising in ruddy glory when Wetzel ran his canoe into the bank just
ahead of a sharp bend in the stream.
"Do we get out here?" asked Jim, seeing Jonathan turn his canoe toward
Wetzel's.
"The village lies yonder, around the bend," answered the guide. "Wetzel cannot
go there, so I'll take you all in my canoe."
"There's no room; I'll wait," replied Joe, quietly. Jim noted his look--a
strange, steady glance it was--and then saw him fix his eyes upon Nell,
watching her until the canoe passed around the green-bordered bend in the
stream.
Unmistakable signs of an Indian town were now evident. Dozens of graceful
The Spirit of the Border |
