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Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
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.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
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.
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
