| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring by George Bernard Shaw: intentions in a vein which would be bitter if it were not so
humorous. The precautions taken to keep the seats out of the
hands of the frivolous public and in the hands of earnest
disciples, banded together in little Wagner Societies throughout
Europe, had ended in their forestalling by ticket speculators and
their sale to just the sort of idle globe-trotting tourists
against whom the temple was to have been strictly closed. The
money, supposed to be contributed by the faithful, was begged by
energetic subscription-hunting ladies from people who must have
had the most grotesque misconceptions of the composer's aims--
among others, the Khedive of Egypt and the Sultan of Turkey!
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rivers to the Sea by Sara Teasdale: Or set the bounds of beauty?
IN A RESTAURANT
THE darkened street was muffled with the snow,
The falling flakes had made your shoulders white,
And when we found a shelter from the night
Its glamor fell upon us like a blow.
The clash of dishes and the viol and bow
Mingled beneath the fever of the light.
The heat was full of savors, and the bright
Laughter of women lured the wine to flow.
A little child ate nothing while she sat
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: dazed with surprise.
Finally the old courtier arose, dripping, and climbed
from the ditch. The Princess had gone; so, muttering
threats of vengeance upon her, upon the King and upon
Blinkie, old Googly-Goo hobbled back to his mansion to
have the mud removed from his costly velvet clothes.
Chapter Fifteen
Trot Meets the Scarecrow
Trot and Pon covered many leagues of ground, searching
through forests, in fields and in many of the little
villages of Jinxland, but could find no trace of either
The Scarecrow of Oz |
