| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Hermione's Little Group of Serious Thinkers by Don Marquis: p65 Circumflex removed from first "e" in "fete".
p69 Dieresis removed from first "e" in "stael".
p70 Dieresis removed from second "o" in "cooperate".
p75 Circumflex removed from first "e" in "fete".
p106 Original "Anaemic" has letters "ae" printed as a single letter.
Changed to "anemic"
p113 Acute accent mark removed from "e" in "ecru".
p123 Grave accent mark removed from "e" in "winged".
p126 "Aegean" with "AE" as a single combined capital letter]
changed to "Aegean".
p154 Circumflex removed from first "e" in "crepe".
|
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Massimilla Doni by Honore de Balzac: which the sea washes and kisses at the foot of every palace, was in
the Prince's eyes, a black fringe hung by nature as an omen of death.
And finally, a great English poet had rushed down on Venice like a
raven on a corpse, to croak out in lyric poetry--the first and last
utterance of social man--the burden of a /de profundis/. English
poetry! Flung in the face of the city that had given birth to Italian
poetry! Poor Venice!
Conceive, then, of the young man's amazement when roused from such
meditations by Carmagnola's cry:
"Serenissimo, the palazzo is on fire, or the old Doges have risen from
their tombs! There are lights in the windows of the upper floor!"
|
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Blue Flower by Henry van Dyke: distance to a leisurely transition. The bright surface of the
stream was furrowed by a hundred vessels; tiny rowboats creeping
from shore to shore; knots of black barges following the lead of
puffing tugs; sloops with languid motion tacking against the
tide; white steamboats, like huge toy-houses, crowded with
pygmy inhabitants, moving smoothly on their way to the great
city, and disappearing suddenly as they turned into the
narrows between Storm-King and the Fishkill Mountains. Down
there was life, incessant, varied, restless, intricate,
many-coloured--down there was history, the highway of ancient
voyagers since the days of Hendrik Hudson, the hunting-ground
|
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 Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: tell you if it was genuine or not.'
'Eh? O! O yes, I believe it was a genuine Broadwood; I have
played upon it several times myself,' said Pitman. 'The
three-letter E was broken.'
'Don't say anything more about pianos,' said Morris, with a
strong shudder; 'I'm not the man I used to be! This--this other
man--let's come to him, if I can only manage to follow. Who is
he? Where can I get hold of him?'
'Ah, that's the rub,' said Michael. 'He's been in possession of
the desired article, let me see--since Wednesday, about four
o'clock, and is now, I should imagine, on his way to the isles of
|
