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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.
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.]
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
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.]
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. read more
Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
