| 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: When their rough and tumble playing
Leaves a scar on leg or cheek.
I'm the rapid, certain curer
For the wounds of every fall;
I'm the pain eradicator;
I can always heal them all.
Bumps on little people's foreheads
I can quickly smooth away;
I take splinters out of fingers
Without very much delay.
Little sorrows I can banish
A Heap O' Livin' |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: stream.
Unmistakable signs of an Indian town were now evident. Dozens of graceful
birchen canoes lay upon the well-cleared banks; a log bridge spanned the
stream; above the slight ridge of rising ground could be seen the poles of
Indian teepees.
As the canoe grated upon the sandy beach a little Indian boy, who was playing
in the shallow water, raised his head and smiled.
"That's an Indian boy," whispered Kate.
"The dear little fellow!" exclaimed Nell.
The boy came running up to them, when they were landed, with pleasure and
confidence shining in his dusky eyes. Save for tiny buckskin breeches, he was
The Spirit of the Border |
