| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: letters.
R. L. S.
Letter: TO SIDNEY COLVIN
NEWPORT, R. I. U.S.A. [SEPTEMBER 1887].
MY DEAR COLVIN, - So long it went excellent well, and I had a time
I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life. There is nothing
like being at sea, after all. And O, why have I allowed myself to
rot so long on land? But on the Banks I caught a cold, and I have
not yet got over it. My reception here was idiotic to the last
degree.... It is very silly, and not pleasant, except where humour
enters; and I confess the poor interviewer lads pleased me. They
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: 9 Now may that wealthy Cow of thine, O Indra, give in return
a boon to
him who lauds thee.
Give to thy praisers: let not fortune fail us. Loud may we
speak, with
heroes, in assembly.
HYMN XXI.
1. To him the Lord of all, the Lord of wealth, of light; him
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson: These shown in the sky, and the pail by the wall
Would be half full of water and stars.
They saw me at last, and they chased me with cries,
And they soon had me packed into bed;
But the glory kept shining and bright in my eyes,
And the stars going round in my head.
XXII
Marching Song
Bring the comb and play upon it!
Marching, here we come!
Willie cocks his highland bonnet,
A Child's Garden of Verses |
