| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Heart of the West by O. Henry: see.
Then she sped silently to the blacksmith-shop, fifty yards away; and
what she did there can only be surmised. But the forge glowed red; and
there was a faint hammering such as Cupid might make when he sharpens
his arrow-points.
Later she came forth with a queer-shaped, handled thing in one hand,
and a portable furnace, such as are seen in branding-camps, in the
other. To the corral where the Sussex cattle were penned she sped with
these things swiftly in the moonlight.
She opened the gate and slipped inside the corral. The Sussex cattle
were mostly a dark red. But among this bunch was one that was milky
Heart of the West |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Several Works by Edgar Allan Poe: Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he,
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door--
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door--
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Then the ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore--
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 59: 5 (59:6) Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arouse Thyself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to any iniquitous traitors. Selah
Psalms 59: 6 (59:7) They return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalms 59: 7 (59:8) Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: 'For who doth hear?'
Psalms 59: 8 (59:9) But Thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; Thou shalt have all the nations in derision.
Psalms 59: 9 (59:10) Because of his strength, I will wait for Thee; for God is my high tower.
Psalms 59: 10 (59:11) The God of my mercy will come to meet me; God will let me gaze upon mine adversaries.
Psalms 59: 11 (59:12) Slay them not, lest my people forget, make them wander to and fro by Thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 59: 12 (59:13) For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Psalms 59: 13 (59:14) Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they be no more; and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah
Psalms 59: 14 (59:15) And they return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city;
Psalms 59: 15 (59:16) They wander up and down to devour, and tarry all night if they have not their fill.
The Tanach |
