"Ignis fatuus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... flash, and presently the small blue light of the buoy, blazing and disappearing, as it rose and fell on the waves, in the corvette's wake, sailed away astern, sparkling fitfully, like an ignis fatuus. The cordage rattled through the davit blocks, as the boats dashed into the water—the splash of the oars was heard, and presently the twinkle of the life—buoy was lost in the lurid glare of the blue lights, held aloft in each boat, where the crews ...
— Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott |
