| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: Buried like sovereigns in their robes of state.
Let them not wake again, better to lie there,
Wrapped in memories, jewelled and arrayed --
Many a ghostly king has waked from death-sleep
And found his crown stolen and his throne decayed.
"Let It Be Forgotten"
Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold,
Let it be forgotten for ever and ever,
Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.
If anyone asks, say it was forgotten
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Call of the Wild by Jack London: dog. Nevertheless, one hundred and forty pounds, to which was
added the dignity that comes of good living and universal respect,
enabled him to carry himself in right royal fashion. During the
four years since his puppyhood he had lived the life of a sated
aristocrat; he had a fine pride in himself, was even a trifle
egotistical, as country gentlemen sometimes become because of
their insular situation. But he had saved himself by not becoming
a mere pampered house-dog. Hunting and kindred outdoor delights
had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles; and to him, as to
the cold-tubbing races, the love of water had been a tonic and a
health preserver.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: have thought the entire community had been upon the point
of starvation. The gourds they held to their lips until the
beer ran down their chins and the vessels were wrested from
them by greedy neighbors. The drink had now begun to
take noticeable effect upon most of them, with the result
that they were beginning to give themselves up to utter and
licentious abandon.
As the girl came nearer, keeping in the shadow of the huts,
looking for Naratu she was suddenly discovered by one upon
the edge of the crowd -- a huge woman, who rose, shrieking,
and came toward her. From her aspect the white girl thought
Tarzan the Untamed |
