| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad: rammed the German ship amidships (a breach--
as one of the divers told me afterwards--'that you
could sail a Thames barge through'), and then
had gone out either scathless or damaged, who shall
say; but had gone out, unknown, unseen, and fatal,
to perish mysteriously at sea. Of her nothing ever
came to light, and yet the hue and cry that was
raised all over the world would have found her out
if she had been in existence anywhere on the face
of the waters.
"A completeness without a clue, and a stealthy
Amy Foster |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: My heart sings only when it breaks.
White Fog
Heaven-invading hills are drowned
In wide moving waves of mist,
Phlox before my door are wound
In dripping wreaths of amethyst.
Ten feet away the solid earth
Changes into melting cloud,
There is a hush of pain and mirth,
No bird has heart to speak aloud.
Here in a world without a sky,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: "My money's on Nell," replied Lash. "Gimme a girl with flesh an'
color, an' blue eyes a-laughin'. Miss Castaneda is some peach,
I'll not gainsay. But her face seemed too white. An' when she
flashed those eyes on me, I thought I was shot! When she stood
up there at first, thankin' us, I felt as if a--a princess was round
somewhere. Now, Nell is kiddish an' sweet an'--"
"Chop it," interrupted Belding. "Here comes Nell now."
Dick's tingling hears took in the pattering of light footsteps,
the rush of some one running.
"Here you are," cried a sweet, happy voice. "Dad, the Senorita
is perfectly lovely. I've been peeping at her. She sleeps like--like
Desert Gold |
