THE SWEET-SCENTED NAME
"I love fire—gay and bright it is, and purifying."
And the fourth said:
"I love the air—stretching out so broad and high—the light breath of life."
And this is what life brought to them.
The first became a miner, and while he was at work a shaft fell and buried him in the earth.
And the second shed tears like water, and at length was drowned.
And the third perished by fire in a burning house.
And the fourth was hanged.
Poor innocent elements! Foolish desiring ones!
Oh, why did Will lead them forth from the happy place of non-existence!
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