| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson: Till in the cold wind that foreruns the morn,
A blot in heaven, the Raven, flying high,
Croaked, and she thought, `He spies a field of death;
For now the Heathen of the Northern Sea,
Lured by the crimes and frailties of the court,
Begin to slay the folk, and spoil the land.'
And when she came to Almesbury she spake
There to the nuns, and said, `Mine enemies
Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood,
Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask
Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: night. You can't tell me you ever thought of me with all those
pretty French and English girls around you. But I didn't come all
the way out here to hear you talk foolishness about me. I came--I
came--because--"
"Because?"
"Oh, Rhett, I'm so terribly distressed about you! So frightened
for you! When will they let you out of that terrible place?"
He swiftly covered her hand with his and held it hard against his
arm.
"Your distress does you credit. There's no telling when I'll be
out. Probably when they've stretched the rope a bit more."
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