| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Poems by Bronte Sisters: Even Sorrow saw, repenting,
Those sad relics scattered round;
Hope, whose whisper would have given
Balm to all my frenzied pain,
Stretched her wings, and soared to heaven,
Went, and ne'er returned again!
A DAY DREAM.
On a sunny brae alone I lay
One summer afternoon;
It was the marriage-time of May,
With her young lover, June.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: through delay in treatment, the poison has
once got into circulation no amount of
brandy will either intoxicate him or save
his life.
An odd character, rejoicing in the nick-name
of Jack the Viper, is mentioned on page 763 of
Hone's Table Book, 1829. In part the writer
says:
Jack has traveled, seen the world, and
profited by his travels; for he has learned
to be contented.
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