enkindling

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Enkindling dawns of memory, Each sun had radiance to relume A sealed, disused, and darkened room Within the soul's immensity.

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

The sky Is filled with oval violet-tinted clouds Through which the sun long settled strikes at random, Enkindling here and there blotched circles of rosy light.

From Goblins and Pagodas by Fletcher, John Gould

But what light is it now leaps forth on the land Enkindling the waters and ways of the air From thy forehead made bare, From the gleam of thy bow-bearing hand?

From Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

By fashion and by folly loved, His rich brocades and laces, And splendid porcelain vases, Enkindling strong desires, Most readily found buyers.

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur