| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: CLOWN.
Why, he will look upon his boot and sing; mend the ruff and sing;
ask questions and sing; pick his teeth and sing. I know a man
that had this trick of melancholy sold a goodly manor for a song.
COUNTESS.
Let me see what he writes, and when he means to come.
[Opening a letter.]
CLOWN.
I have no mind to Isbel since I was at court. Our old ling
and our Isbels o' the country are nothing like your old ling and
your Isbels o' the court. The brains of my Cupid's knocked out;
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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 Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: brasures. Beyond the wall rose the domes of several struc-
tures and numerous minarets dotted the sky line of the city.
The largest and central dome appeared to be gilded, while
others were red, or blue, or yellow. The architecture of the
wall itself was of uncompromising simplicity. It was of a
cream shade and appeared to be plastered and painted. At
its base was a line of well-tended shrubs and at some distance
towards its eastern extremity it was vine covered to the top.
As he stood in the shadow of the trail, his keen eyes taking
in every detail of the picture before him, he became aware of
the approach of a party in his rear and there was borne to
Tarzan the Untamed |
