illume

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Anon the cave appeared when moonbeams would its depths illume, A fairy hall of diamond, anon, a ghastly tomb.

From Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I by Halidom, M. Y.

It burned in other heavens with more celestial light; but it shone no longer over her path—to cheer, to comfort, to illume.

From Rachel Gray by Kavanagh, Julia

As thou, Christ, to illume it, holdest Heaven Broadly over our heads.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

There were some things that could illume his dark stretches and level Mary-Clare’s vague reachings to a common level.

From At the Crossroads by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

God pity the cheerless widow Gray, And send from the halls of Eternal Day The light of His peace to illume her way!

From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various