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Words pregnant with celestial fire.
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.
They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.
In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live.
In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
