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

And it is here again that Astronomy surpasses all the other sciences, that it becomes our sovereign teacher, that it is the pharos of modern philosophy.

From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)

This pharos has not its like in the world for skill of construction and solidity.

From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Hope, Eva

That one lonely figure standing out against the yellow light of the desert may perhaps be as a pharos to the youth of his nation, and save them from the shipwreck which is nigh.

From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida

Through all the bewildering discord of his thoughts the face of Perpetua seemed to shine clearly, like the light on a pharos to a striver in an angry sea.

From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)