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The fire i' th' flint
Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame
Provokes itself and read more
The fire i' th' flint
Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame
Provokes itself and like the current flies
Each bound it chafes.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
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.]
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
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.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
