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A Warning

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There was a flame, oh! such a tiny flame -          One fleeting hour had spanned its birth and death,          But for a silly child with playful breath     Who fanned it into fury.    It became     A mighty conflagration.    Ah, the cost!     House, home, and thoughtless child alike were lost.     Lady beware.    Fan not the harmless glow          Of admiration into ardent love,          Lean not with red curled smiling lips above     The flickering spark of sinless flame, and blow,     Lest in the sudden waking of desire     Thou, like the child, shalt perish in the fire.

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