| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Charmides and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde: And whose unrisen bones sleep peacefully,
O guard him, guard him well, my Giotto's tower,
Thou marble lily of the lily town! let not the lour
Of the rude tempest vex his slumber, or
The Arno with its tawny troubled gold
O'er-leap its marge, no mightier conqueror
Clomb the high Capitol in the days of old
When Rome was indeed Rome, for Liberty
Walked like a bride beside him, at which sight pale Mystery
Fled shrieking to her farthest sombrest cell
With an old man who grabbled rusty keys,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: If you do not answer this in four pages, I shall stop the enclosed
fiver at the bank, a step which will lead to your incarceration for
life. As my visits to Arcady are somewhat uncertain, you had
better address 17 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, as usual. I shall walk
over for the note if I am not yet home. - Believe me, very really
yours,
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
I charge extra for a flourish when it is successful; this isn't, so
you have it gratis. Is there any news in Babylon the Great? My
fellow-creatures are electing school boards here in the midst of
the ages. It is very composed of them. I can't think why they do
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: 30 O Agni, Sage, before our foes, before misfortunes fall on
us,
Excellent Lord, prolong our lives.
HYMN XLV. Indra
1. HITHERWARD! they who light flame and straightway trim the
sacred
grass.
Whose Friend is Indra ever young.
The Rig Veda |
