| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: England; behold, here am I."
"When didst thou land, Sir Myles?" said the Earl.
"I and my squire landed at Dover upon Tuesday last," answered the
young man.
The Earl of Mackworth stroked his beard softly. "Thou art
marvellous changed," said he. "I would not have thought it
possible."
Myles smiled somewhat grimly. "I have seen such things, my Lord,
in France and in Paris," said he, quietly, "as, mayhap, may make
a lad a man before his time."
"From which I gather," said the Earl, "that many adventures have
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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 Three Taverns by Edwin Arlington Robinson: You see an older man than he who fell
Prone to the earth when he was nigh Damascus,
Where the great light came down; yet I am he
That fell, and he that saw, and he that heard.
And I am here, at last; and if at last
I give myself to make another crumb
For this pernicious feast of time and men --
Well, I have seen too much of time and men
To fear the ravening or the wrath of either.
Yes, it is Paul you see -- the Saul of Tarsus
That was a fiery Jew, and had men slain
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