<h2><SPAN name="page9"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>A WARNING</h2>
<p class="poetry">There was a flame, oh! such a tiny
flame—<br/>
One fleeting hour had spanned its birth and
death,<br/>
But for a silly child with playful breath<br/>
Who fanned it into fury. It became<br/>
A mighty conflagration. Ah, the cost!<br/>
House, home, and thoughtless child alike were lost.</p>
<p class="poetry">Lady beware. Fan not the harmless glow<br/>
Of admiration into ardent love,<br/>
Lean not with red curled smiling lips above<br/>
The flickering spark of sinless flame, and blow,<br/>
Lest in the sudden waking of desire<br/>
Thou, like the child, shalt perish in the fire.</p>
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