pharos

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Sometimes, O Lord, thou lightest in my head   A lamp that well might pharos all the lands; Anon the light will neither rise nor spread:   Shrouded in danger gray the beacon stands!

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George

Like sister sails that drift at night Together on the deep, Seen only where they cross the light That pathless waves must pathlike keep From fisher's signal fire, or pharos steep.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

Heed this confession of a woman to whom fame has been like a pharos, warning her of the only true path.

From Beatrix by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

He sat there changing colour like a revolving pharos, twisting his fingers hysterically, swallowing air, the picture of guilt.

From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"The forum of France was to be the pharos of humanity."

From Modeste Mignon by Balzac, Honoré de