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In your fire you hear me scream, creaking and whining, yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat. And your heart grow cold. I visit the weak, but seldom the bold.
Which word contains 26 letters but only three syllables?
A house with two occupants, sometimes one, rarely three. Break the walls, eat the boarders, then throw away me.
They can be harbored, but few hold water. You can nurse them, but only by holding them against someone else. You can carry them, but not with your arms. You can bury them, but not in the earth.
Iām grown from darkness but shine with a pale light. Very round I am and always a lady's delight.