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In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live.
In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
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.
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.]
A crooked log makes a strait fire
[A crooked log makes a straight fire.]
A crooked log makes a strait fire
[A crooked log makes a straight fire.]
Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on
fire.
[Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum read more
Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on
fire.
[Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.]
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
