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Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
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 is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
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.]
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
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.]
E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries,
E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.
E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries,
E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.
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.]
