flambeau

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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

One light--the single flambeau which had escaped extinguishing--threw a ghastly glare on the surge of scowling ruffians.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

The princes applaud with a furious joy; And the king seiz'd a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way,23 To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

And lit me with her pine-knot torch to bedward, Where, as the custom of the court it was, The beauteous Wolf-head blew the flambeau out, And then— Alice.

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Moses, Montrose Jonas

En sa tombe repose honneur et courtoisie, Et la jeune beauté qu'en l'ame je sentois, Et le flambeau d'Amour, ses traits et son carquois, Et ensemble mon cœur, mes pensées et ma vie.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)