Good-night good-night as we so oft have said, Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days That are no more, and shall no more return. Thou hast but taken up thy lamp and gone to bed I stay a little longer, as one stays To cover up the embers that still burn.
Quotes about embers (16 Quotes)
Everyone here went out and grabbed up the hoses to try to help out until the fire department arrived. All I could think of was using the hose to help stop the fire from spreading. I formerly worked for the fire service when I was in the military, so I focused on the hot embers to help stop them from spreading,
We're lucky, real lucky. Our friends lost their house. We just had some burning embers put holes in the screens.
Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. 'Now they are all on their knees,' An elder said as we sat in a flock By the embers in hearth-side ease. We pictured the meek mild creatures where They dwelt in their strawy pen, Nor did it occur to one of us there To doubt they were kneeling then. So fair a fancy few would weave In these years yet, I feel If someone said on Christmas Eve, 'Come see the oxen kneel, In the lonely barton by yonder coomb Our childhood used to know,' I should go with him in the gloom, Hoping it might be so.
To bring the dead to life; Is no great magic. Few are wholly dead; Blow on a dead man's embers; And a live flame will start.
Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.
Beneath the surface of civilian interests and capitalistic enterprise smoldered embers of the world's war spirit -- humanity's traditional flare now to be enflamed by new instruments for fighting . . .
Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
You should burn very cautiously. If you're burning your trash off, for example in a 55-gallon drum, the big thing is to keep a screen over it and watch for any embers that pop out.
The short story is like an old friend who calls whenever he is in town. We are happy to hear from it; we casually fan the embers of past intimacies, and buy it lunch.
Escaped debris burning continues to be the leading cause of wildfires in this area, ... Blowing sparks and embers from debris fires can ignite dry grass, and irresponsible equipment use can also lead to wildfires if dry weather prevails.
As the kindled fire consumes the fuel, so in the flame of wisdom the embers of action are burnt to ashes.
Hope is the embers still smoldering beneath ashes when the fire appears to have burned out.
Some firefighters voiced concern that embers remaining from outdoor burns conducted over the past two days could flare up and spark wildfires.
I loved you even now I may confess, Some embers of my love their fire retain But do not let it cause you more distress, I do not want to sadden you again. Hopeless and tongue tied, yet I loved you dearly With pangs the jealous and the timid know So tenderly I loved you, so sincerely, I pray God grant another love you so.
IN AUTUMN, I write of days smoldering like embers to ash, grass, stiff, green-weary, waiting for somnolent winter, everywhere, gathered birds stuck in spindly branches and gardens done with giving... of air, over-ripe, indolent, like the last great cluster of grapes on the vine, which winds its way across the wall, tendrils turned to wood.