a-light

And in his mouth was a pipe; but it was not a-light; though he was pulling at it with all his might.

The Water Babies 2007

The glare of light was intense to our dazzled eyes; the sun itself seemed to join in the dance, while the sea burned like a furnace, like all Vesuvius a-light, with flowing lava beneath.

The Last Man 2003

He is at no great pains to spare the cargo, and as the bales that lie just above the level of the water are still a-light he has resorted to the expedient of thoroughly saturating the upper layers of the cotton, in order that the combustion may be stifled between the moisture descending from above and that ascending from below.

The Survivors of the Chancellor 2003

Had it not been for that fire we stole one day, that Promethean spark, hidden in the ashes, kept a-light ever since, it had gone hard with us; Nature might have kept her pet, her darling, high, high above us, -- almost out of roach of our dull senses.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Various

He is at no great pains to spare the cargo, and as the bales that lie just above the level of the water are still a-light he has resorted to the expedient of thoroughly saturating the upper layers of the cotton, in order that the combustion may be stifled between the moisture descending from above and that ascending from below.

The Survivors of the Chancellor 1911

By the dark and silent well, where the six elevators (of which one only was a-light and ready for use) stood motionless as if slumbering in utter weariness after the gigantic exertions of the day, they came to a halt; and a chair was scraped noisily on the floor as a night-watchman rose, rubbing his eyes and yawning, to face them.

The Brass Bowl Louis Joseph Vance 1906

After a moment of incredulous awe, the young man rose, with eyes a-light and a jubilant song in the heart of him.

The Brass Bowl Louis Joseph Vance 1906

Bob Watson come over some time 'fore mornin ', an' whistled me out, an 'tole me dat Mars' Walters was a-missin ', an' dat eberybody ob de colored folks was a-huntin 'for him, an' de whole town jest alive an 'a-light all night, I didn't say noffin', only, arter a while I turns to Bob an 'I says, says I, --

A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools 1879

Then way in under the portico comes the door with the name-plate, and next to it, level with the floor of the piazza or portico -- either you please, for it is a combination of both -- are two long French windows, always open in summer evenings and a-light on winter nights with the reflection of the Doctor's soft-coal fire, telling of the warmth and cheer within.

The Under Dog Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

Ballantree nodded contentedly, pulled a cigar from his upper breast pocket, bit off one end, slid a match along his trousers until it burst into flame, held it to the unbitten end until it was a-light, blew out the blaze, adjusted his derby and with another nod to Jack -- and the magic words -- "Twelve sharp" -- passed out into Broadway.

Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876