glow-worm's

"Some one has compared the glow-worm's light to Hero's, when she waited, with trimmed lamp, for her Leander," said Professor Theobald.

The Daughters of Danaus Mona Caird

Admire the glow-worm's light, while gloom prevails

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810

Then they were to steal the honey-bags from bumble bees for his service, and to crop their waxen thighs, and light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes, to show her love to bed; and further, to pluck the wings from butterflies, to fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.

The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales James Grant

As she works by the lamp of the glow-worm's light,

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 530, January 21, 1832 Various

And clearly discern'd, by a glow-worm's pale light,

Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Various

Of the long, lush under-grass, a glow-worm's sudden

Look! We Have Come Through! 1907

These men lit up their little lanterns, it is true: but they were like the glow-worm's lamp, giving no warmth and very little light.

Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Romain Rolland 1905

All the gathered wisdom of man, stored in the libraries of the world, but as a glow-worm's spark compared with the meridian light of His wisdom!

Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. 1888

The bow of the boat, whether large or small, is always the family joss-house; and the water is starred at night with the dull, melancholy glimmer, fainter, though redder than a glow-worm's light, of thousands of burning joss-sticks, making the air heavy with the odor of incense.

The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

Did it go out like the glow-worm's lamp, the life and sweetness of the flower?

Afoot in England 1881