| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from A Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare: Of proofs new-bleeding, which remain'd the foil
Of this false jewel, and his amorous spoil.
'But ah! who ever shunn'd by precedent
The destin'd ill she must herself assay?
Or force'd examples, 'gainst her own content,
To put the by-pass'd perils in her way?
Counsel may stop awhile what will not stay;
For when we rage, advice is often seen
By blunting us to make our wills more keen.
'Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood,
That we must curb it upon others' proof,
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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 Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: paused at our cottage to ask the way to the factories, his heart
had become greatly overtaxed. He had refused a stimulant, and
had suddenly dropped dead only a moment later. The body, as might
be expected, seemed to West a heaven-sent gift. In his brief conversation
the stranger had made it clear that he was unknown in Bolton,
and a search of his pockets subsequently revealed him to be one
Robert Leavitt of St. Louis, apparently without a family to make
instant inquiries about his disappearance. If this man could not
be restored to life, no one would know of our experiment. We buried
our materials in a dense strip of woods between the house and
the potter’s field. If, on the other hand, he could be restored,
Herbert West: Reanimator |
