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A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
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!
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.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The burnt child dreads the 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.
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.]
