pharos

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And lastly when dawn ends the night And belts the semi-orb of sea, The tall, pale pharos in the light Looks white and spectral as may be.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

Fleets swiftly ply where lagged the lone batteau, And quarries trench the gorge; Where waned the council-fire, now steadfast glow The pharos and the forge.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various

The remains of the pharos and the fortresses strengthening the sea-wall, were pointed out by the Syrian who accompanied us as a guide, but his faith was a little stronger than mine.

From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Taylor, Bayard

"That is a lighthouse—they call it a pharos, after the one that Ptolemy built; it must have stood about in the same direction."

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow