| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Poems of Goethe, Bowring, Tr. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Fresh raptures meet mine eye,
Upon the well-till'd height.
When 'neath the linden tree,
Young folks I chance to see,
I set them moving soon;
His nose the dull lad curls,
The formal maiden whirls,
Obedient to my tune.
Wings to the feet ye lend,
O'er hill and vale ye send
The lover far from home;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: while. I thought you were very romantic be-
cause you could draw and had such black eyes."
Carl smiled. "Yes, I remember that time.
Your uncle bought you some kind of a mechani-
cal toy, a Turkish lady sitting on an ottoman
and smoking a hookah, wasn't it? And she
turned her head backwards and forwards."
"Oh, yes! Wasn't she splendid! I knew well
enough I ought not to tell Uncle Joe I wanted
O Pioneers! |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: awakened by the sound of his voice calling my name. Glancing at
the doorway, I sprang to my feet.
The stone was slowly rising from the floor; already there was
a space of a foot or more. Desiree and Harry stood facing it in
silence.
"You have seen nothing?" I asked, joining them.
"Nothing," said Harry. "Here, take one of these clubs.
Something's up."
"Of course--the stone," I observed facetiously, yawning.
"Probably nothing more important than a bundle of quipos.
Lord, I'm sleepy!"
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