| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Enoch Arden, &c. by Alfred Tennyson: The sweet little wife of the singer said,
On the day that follow'd the day she was wed,
`Whither O whither love shall we go?'
And the singer shaking his curly head
Turn'd as he sat, and struck the keys
There at his right with a sudden crash,
Singing, `and shall it be over the seas
With a crew that is neither rude nor rash,
But a bevy of Eroses apple-cheek'd,
In a shallop of crystal ivory-beak'd,
With a satin sail of a ruby glow,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: that is the mighty happiness!
O thou prophet! strive strenuously against the misbelievers and
the hypocrites, and be stern against them; for their resort is hell,
and an ill journey shall it be.
They swear by God they did not speak it, but they did speak the word
of misbelief; and they disbelieved after they had embraced Islam,
and they designed what they could not attain; and they only
disapproved it because God and His Apostle had enriched them of His
grace. If they turn again 'tis better for them; but if they turn their
backs, God will torment them with mighty woe in this world and in
the next, nor shall they have upon the earth a patron or protector.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde: and he was wandering all round it, crying bitterly. The poor tree
was still quite covered with frost and snow, and the North Wind was
blowing and roaring above it. "Climb up! little boy," said the
Tree, and it bent its branches down as low as it could; but the boy
was too tiny.
And the Giant's heart melted as he looked out. "How selfish I have
been!" he said; "now I know why the Spring would not come here. I
will put that poor little boy on the top of the tree, and then I
will knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the children's
playground for ever and ever." He was really very sorry for what
he had done.
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