Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SCARE-FIRE, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Water, water I desire
Last Line: Than by one to hazard all.
Subject(s): Fire


Water, water I desire,
Here's a house of flesh on fire;
Ope' the fountains and the springs,
And come all to bucketings.
What ye cannot quench, pull down,
Spoil a house to save a town:
Better 'tis that one should fall,
Than by one to hazard all.




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