Beech wood fires are bright and clear,
If the logs
are kept a year.

Chestnut's only good, they say,
If for long
it's laid way.

Birch and fir logs burn too fast,
Blaze up bright
and do not last.

Elm wood burns like a churchyard mould,
E'en the very
flames are cold.

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your
eyes and makes you choke.

Apple wood will scent your room,
With and incense
like perfume.

Oak and Maple if dry and cold,
Keep away the
winter cold.

But ash wood wet and ash wood dry,
A king shall
warm his slippers by. |
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