illume

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From morn till eve I rove along, And joys my eyes illume, If you but listen to my song, And kindly buy a broom.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles

Swift as communicated rays That leap from severed suns a gloom Within whose waste no suns illume, The wingèd dream fulfilled its ways.

From The Star-Treader and other poems by Smith, Clark Ashton

What warm and heavenly tints illume The land that lately seem'd a tomb Where thou wert left to die!

From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by Wilson, John Lyde

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

I often assume gayety to illume her dear sensibility with a smile, which twenty years ago almost bewitched me, and which still constitutes my highest pleasure.

From The Freedmen's Book by Child, Lydia Maria Francis