| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Bucolics by Virgil: Thistle and prickly thorn uprear their heads.
Now, O ye shepherds, strew the ground with leaves,
And o'er the fountains draw a shady veil-
So Daphnis to his memory bids be done-
And rear a tomb, and write thereon this verse:
'I, Daphnis in the woods, from hence in fame
Am to the stars exalted, guardian once
Of a fair flock, myself more fair than they.'"
MENALCAS
So is thy song to me, poet divine,
As slumber on the grass to weary limbs,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: then, having given the matter thought - he was always one to take the
line of least resistance - he assured himself that his sentryship was
entirely superfluous; the matter of Blake's affair was an entire secret,
shared only by those who had a hand in it. Blake was quite safe from
all surprises; Trenchard was insistent and it was difficult to deny
him; and the sack at the White Cow was no doubt the best in Somerset.
He gave himself up to the inevitable and fell into step alongside his
companion who babbled aimlessly of trivial matters. Trenchard felt the
change from unwilling to willing companionship,and approved it.
They mounted the three steps and entered the common room of the inn.
It was well thronged at the time, but they found places at the end of a
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