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1/2 This memorial to John Johnson repeatedly uses the imagery of #Fire. "He who would build a pyramid to his name Must act as he did: fuel makes a flame. Who from his good deeds did so bright aspire That all were cherished with its quickening fire ...." /cntd #31DaysofGraves Day 20 Fire

Ian Ebbage

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2/2 "... In the worst times of war distress & dearth, He made the poor sit round about his hearth, And from his sparks of charity did raise The widow's joys without a sudden blaze." He was an Alderman and twice Mayor of Newark and is buried in St Mary Magdalene's in the town.

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