| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Three Taverns by Edwin Arlington Robinson: That you see not how near you are the gates
Of an old king who listens fearfully
To you that are outside and are to be
The noisy lords of imminent estates.
Rather be then your prayer that you shall have
Your kingdom undishonored. Having all,
See not the great among you for the small,
But hear their silence; for the few shall save
The many, or the many are to fall --
Still to be wrangling in a noisy grave.
The Flying Dutchman
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: Her heart gave a bound. Her longing had reached
her lover and brought him through the storm to do her
bidding. It was wonderful--this oneness of soul and
body.
She was happy again--supremely, divinely happy.
The man by her side knew and understood. She knew and
understood. She loved this daring spirit that rose to
the wind--this iron will that brooked no interference
with his plans, even from Nature, when it crossed his
love.
The sting of the raindrops against her cheek was
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