illume

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But when we meet, as here, to play at Golf, Whig, Radical, and Tory—all are off— Off the contested politics, I mean— And fun and harmony illume the scene.

From Poems on Golf by Society, Edinburgh Burgess Golfing

Three candles that illume every darkness: truth, nature, knowledge.

From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various

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

That Friend shall thus each tear illume, To forms of glory shape that gloom.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John

From dreams of conquest, worlds and empires won Britain awaking, mourns her setting sun, No rays of joy her evening hour illume, 'Tis one sad chaos, one unmingled gloom!

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip