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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT IS LIQUID: NO DOUBT, by MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH Poet's Biography
First Line: All that doth flow we cannot liquid name
Last Line: But 'tis the wet that makes it die, no doubt.
Alternate Author Name(s): Newcastle, Duchess Of; Lucas, Margaret
Subject(s): Mnemonics
First Line: All that doth flow we cannot liquid name
Last Line: But 'tis the wet that makes it die, no doubt.
Alternate Author Name(s): Newcastle, Duchess Of; Lucas, Margaret
Subject(s): Mnemonics
ALL that doth flow we cannot liquid name,
Or else would fire and water be the same;
But that is liquid which is moist and wet;
Fire that propriety can never get:
Then 'tis not cold that doth the fire put out,
But 'tis the wet that makes it die, no doubt.
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