| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Iliad by Homer: they lay concealed, clad in full armour. Some way off them there
were two scouts who were on the look-out for the coming of sheep
or cattle, which presently came, followed by two shepherds who
were playing on their pipes, and had not so much as a thought of
danger. When those who were in ambush saw this, they cut off the
flocks and herds and killed the shepherds. Meanwhile the
besiegers, when they heard much noise among the cattle as they
sat in council, sprang to their horses, and made with all speed
towards them; when they reached them they set battle in array by
the banks of the river, and the hosts aimed their bronze-shod
spears at one another. With them were Strife and Riot, and fell
The Iliad |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Poems of Goethe, Bowring, Tr. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Yes! there is left one sad sweet bond of union,--
Sorrow at parting links us in communion.
But of the twain, the greater is my sorrow,--
Reader, and why?--Bethink thee of the sun,
How, when he sets, he waiteth for the morrow,
Proudly once more his giant-race to run,--
Yet, e'en when set, a glow behind him leaving,
Gladdening the spirit, which had else been grieving.
Thus mayst thou feel, for thou to GOETHE only
Baldest farewell, nor camest aught for me.
Twofold my parting, leaving me all lonely,--
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: [20] Pollux, v. 72.
[21] Or, "as a waterproof."
[22] So Pollux, ib.
When the earth is bursting with new verdure,[23] fields and farm-lands
rather than mountains are their habitat.[24] When tracked by the
huntsman their habit is everywhere to await approach, except only in
case of some excessive scare during the night, in which case they will
be on the move.
[23] "When the ground teems with vegetation."
[24] Or, "they frequent cultivated lands," etc.
The fecundity of the hare is extraordinary. The female, having
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