illume
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Daughter of Faith, awake, arise, illume The dread unknown, the chaos of the tomb; Melt and dispel, ye spectre doubts, that roll Cimmerian darkness o'er the parting soul!
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
The elements Pour forth their wrath in such tremendous peals, Such bolts of fiery death illume the sky, That earthly weapons seem the lesser ill.
From Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts by Jane Alice Sargant
It burned in other heavens with more celestial light; but it shone no longer over her path—to cheer, to comfort, to illume.
From Rachel Gray by Julia Kavanagh
Can one illume a leaden sky, Or tear apart the shadowy veil Thicker than pitch, no star on high, Not one funereal glimmer pale Can one illume a leaden sky?
From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Charles Baudelaire
Three candles that illume every darkness: truth, nature, knowledge.
From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various
To complete the parallel, blacked-out U.S. cities were illumed by what Englishmen still remember as "a bomber's moon."
From Time Magazine Archive
We see a dimly illumed underground waterfall and climb down to it for a dark thundering shower.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Christ hath sent us down the angels, And the whole earth and the skies Are illumed by altar-candles, Lit for blessed mysteries.
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
She started up in sweet surprise, And sudden joy illumed her eyes.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Five sabbaths walk'd the beautiful Her chosen lord beside, But ere the sixth illumed the sky She was that dread One's bride.
From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Lydia Howard Sigourney
There is no way of illuming the depths of the ocean.
From The Submarine Boys on Duty Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat by Victor G. Durham
With a bright smile illuming her face she rose and held out a hand to the giant before her.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
It was pitchy dark when we landed, but rockets soon began to fly about in all directions, illuming the air far and wide.
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
In the midst of these encouraging omens, the sun dipped into the sea, illuming, as it fell, a wide reach of the chill and gloomy element.
From The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper
Man is the idea of Spirit; he reflects the beatific presence, illuming the universe with light.
From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
