| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson: then binding. Why, then, are we to add "in prose"? THE ODYSSEY
appears to me the best of romances; THE LADY OF THE LAKE to stand
high in the second order; and Chaucer's tales and prologues to
contain more of the matter and art of the modern English novel than
the whole treasury of Mr. Mudie. Whether a narrative be written in
blank verse or the Spenserian stanza, in the long period of Gibbon
or the chipped phrase of Charles Reade, the principles of the art
of narrative must be equally observed. The choice of a noble and
swelling style in prose affects the problem of narration in the
same way, if not to the same degree, as the choice of measured
verse; for both imply a closer synthesis of events, a higher key of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: 2_Chronicles 6: 37 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying: We have sinned, we have done iniquitously, and have dealt wickedly;
2_Chronicles 6: 38 if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name;
2_Chronicles 6: 39 then hear Thou from heaven, even from Thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive Thy people who have sinned against Thee.
2_Chronicles 6: 40 Now, O my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and let Thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
2_Chronicles 6: 41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into Thy resting-place, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; let Thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let Thy saints rejoice in good.
2_Chronicles 6: 42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of Thine anointed; remember the good deeds of David Thy servant.'
2_Chronicles 7: 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
2_Chronicles 7: 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD'S house.
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: And the Book shall be placed, and thou shalt see the sinners in fear
of what is in it; and they will say, 'Alas, for us! what ails this
Book, it leaves neither small nor great things alone, without
numbering them?' and they shall find present what they have done;
and thy Lord will not wrong any one.
And when we said to the angels, Adore Adam,' they adored him, save
only Iblis, who was of the ginn, who revolted from the bidding of
his Lord. 'What! will ye then take him and his seed as patrons, rather
than me, when they are foes of yours? bad for the wrong-doers is the
exchange,'
I did not make them witnesses of the creation of the heavens and the
The Koran |
