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Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
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.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
Some heart once pregnant with celestial 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!
