Epigraph

I asked one draught of earlier, happier sights,



Ere fitly I could hope to play my part.



Think first, fight afterwards -- the soldier's art:



One taste of the old time sets all to rights!



Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came



Robert Browning Old friend, what are you looking for?

After those many years abroad you come

With images you tended

Under foreign skies

Far away from your own land.

George Seferis ROMEO



Lady, by yonder blessed moon I vow,



That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops --



JULIET



O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon,



That monthly changes in her circled orb,



Lest that thy love prove likewise variable



ROMEO



What shall I swear by?



JULIET



Do not swear at all.



Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,



Which is the god of my idolatry,



And I'll believe thee.



Romeo and Juliet



William Shakespeare On the fourth day, to [Dorothy's] great joy, Oz sent for her, and when she entered the Throne Room, he greeted her pleasantly. "Sit down, my dear. I think I found a way to get you out of this country."



"And back to Kansas?" she asked, eagerly.



"Well, i'm not sure about Kansas," said Oz, "for I haven't the faintest notion which way it lies..."



The Wizard of Oz



L. Frank Baum