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      Four elements, joined in

       Harmonious strife,

      Shadow the world forth,

       And typify life.

      Into the goblet

       The lemon's juice pour;

      Acid is ever

       Life's innermost core.

      Now, with the sugar's

       All-softening juice,

      The strength of the acid

       So burning reduce.

      The bright sparkling water

       Now pour in the bowl;

      Water all-gently

       Encircles the whole.

      Let drops of the spirit

       To join them now flow;

      Life to the living

       Naught else can bestow.

      Drain it off quickly

       Before it exhales;

      Save when 'tis glowing,

       The draught naught avails.