illume

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

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

To error’s joyless waste betrayed; No light will there illume thy road, No friendly voice will give thee aid.

From Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion by Various

Theodora herself, with breathless anxiety, was the first to bring a torch, that might perhaps illume the pale ghastly features of him on whom she had centered all her felicity.

From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío

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

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

And within my dream the hut Quickly to a ball-room changed, High on lofty pillars borne And illumed by chandeliers.

From Atta Troll by Heinrich Heine

We were quickly made comfortable before a bright fire on the hearth which illumed the whole room.

From A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

And I, who through my blind eyes feel the moon illuming my forest by night and the sun by day, abide in peace, so that even the wild beasts press round to hear my music.

From The ninth vibration and other stories by L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck

The balmiest winds blowing soft where she steers,   The favor of heaven illuming her path-- She might sail as she pleased to the mild summer airs,   And avoid the dread regions of tempest and wrath.

From War Poetry of the South by Various

He stood there as he stood that day on the carriage that bore Robert Burnham to his death, the light of heroism in his eyes, the glow of splendid faith illuming his face.

From Burnham Breaker by Homer Greene

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

On we flew like a whirlwind, the hoofs of the animals illuming the path with the sparks of fire they struck from the stones. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow