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Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough": Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire ...
And songs climb out of the flames of the near campfires,
Pale, pastel things exquisite in their frailness
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So all were lost, which in the ship were found,
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown'd.
Call us what you will, we are made such by love;
Call her one, me another fly,
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One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.
When there was no more lantern in the kitchen,
The fire got out through crannies in the stove
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And oh, I knew, I knew,
And said out loud, I couldn't bide the smother
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"... War is for everyone, for children too.
I wasn't going to tell you and I mustn't.
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"Why wouldn't it scare me to have a fire
Begin in smudge with ropy smoke, and know
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Till having failed at hugger-mugger farming
He burned his house down for the fire insurance
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