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

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)

The pharos was probably a linen garment of Egyptian origin, which was sometimes worn instead of the peplus.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell

"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

A nameless player on the World's great stage, He spread his sails, adventured to that shore And reared a pharos with his art sublime, Like Ilion's song-wrought towers, to beacon every clime.

From The Coast of Bohemia by Page, Thomas Nelson