| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake: And joy without ceasing,
On each bud and blossom,
And each sleeping bosom.
They look in every thoughtless nest
Where birds are covered warm;
They visit caves of every beast,
To keep them all from harm:
If they see any weeping
That should have been sleeping,
They pour sleep on their head,
And sit down by their bed.
Songs of Innocence and Experience |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: William, and Colonel Douglas will have the goodness to allow her
uninterrupted time for making up her mind."
"Sir," said Miss Ashton, "you are generous."
"As for that, madam," answered Bucklaw, "I only pretend to be a
plain, good-humoured young fellw, as I said before, who will
willingly make you happy if you will permit him, and show him how
to do so."
Having said this, he saluted her with more emotion than was
consistent with his usual train of feeling, and took his leave;
Lady Ashton, as she accompanied him out of the apartment,
assuring him thta her daughter did full justice to the sincerity
The Bride of Lammermoor |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: Harold got up from his chair and poked the fire. Then he came
back to
the ample, well-gowned, firm-looking lady, and sat beside her on
the sofa.
He took her hand gently and looked at the two rings--a thin band
of
yellow gold, and a small solitaire diamond--which kept their
place on
her third finger in modest dignity, as if not shamed, but rather
justified,
by the splendor of the emerald which glittered beside them.
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