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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.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, read more
Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, what heavenly pleasure!
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.
Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.