| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: since he had looked at her from the path above the bay
he had wanted, irrationally and indescribably, to see
the place she was living in, and to follow the movements
of her imagined figure as he had watched the
real one in the summer-house. The longing was with
him day and night, an incessant undefinable craving,
like the sudden whim of a sick man for food or drink
once tasted and long since forgotten. He could not see
beyond the craving, or picture what it might lead to,
for he was not conscious of any wish to speak to
Madame Olenska or to hear her voice. He simply felt
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Golden Threshold by Sarojini Naidu: falter, and, lingering, languish in radiant
choir;
Their jewel-girt arms and warm, wavering, lily-
long fingers enchant through melodious
hours,
Eyes ravished with rapture, celestially pant-
ing, what passionate bosoms aflaming
with fire!
MY DEAD DREAM
Have you found me, at last, O my Dream?
Seven aeons ago
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