Earth, Fire, Air, and Water. Gnomes, Salamanders, Sylphs, and Ondines. To which Elemental are you most drawn?
The Sprites of fiery Termagants in Flame
Mount up, and take a Salamander’s name.
Soft yielding minds to Water glide away,
And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea.
The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome,
In search of mischief still on Earth to roam.
The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair,
And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
— Alexander Pope, the Rape of the Lock, Canto 1
Cheers & Happy Reading!
Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic in Romance
Oooh, love that snippet of verse.
Air calls to me. I’ve always wanted to fly 😉
I can see you flying, Mae.