| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: think
That fellow was hungry an' I'd passed him by;
I'd rather be fooled twenty times by a lie
Than wonder if one of 'em I wouldn't feed
Had told me the truth an' was really in need."
Never stinted his family out of a thing:
They had everything that his money could bring;
Said he'd rather be broke and just know they
were glad,
Than rich, with them pining an' wishing they had
Some of the pleasures his money would buy;
 A Heap O' Livin' |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: don't wear me breeches arse-forrards. An' if I get a windfall, I thank
my stars. A man gets a lot of enjoyment out o' that lass theer, which
is more than anybody gets out o' th' likes o' you. Which is a pity, for
you might appen a' bin a good apple, 'stead of a handsome crab. Women
like you needs proper graftin'.'
He was looking at her with an odd, flickering smile, faintly sensual
and appreciative.
'And men like you,' she said, 'ought to be segregated: justifying their
own vulgarity and selfish lust.'
'Ay, ma'am! It's a mercy there's a few men left like me. But you
deserve what you get: to be left severely alone.'
 Lady Chatterley's Lover |