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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
