[Tex/LaTex] Ornament drop caps effect

Question

I'm trying to create the ornament effect in first paragraph of the example below in latex. I know how to use the lettrine package for creating drop caps but I'm unclear how ornaments spanning the height of the paragraph can be inserted. Also I appreciate pointers to any known ornament packages.

Answer 1

Something like this perhaps

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\def\a{One two three four five six seven eight nine ten.}
\def\b{\a\a something else \a\a yet more text \a\a\a
      \a\a\a\a\a\a\a}
\begin{document}

\twocolumn[{%
\sbox0{\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-1cm-1em}{%
\b}}%
\raisebox{\dimexpr4pt-.5\height}{%
\includegraphics[width=1cm,height=\dimexpr\ht0+\dp0]{e.png}}%
\hspace{1em}%
\usebox0
}]
\b\b\b\b

\a\a\b\b

\end{document}