wills-o'-the-wisps

Updated: May 19, 2025

Along the winding road the mare Farao, treading lightly, led them: she too seemed to hasten, and sometimes broke through the reeds, making a short cut, as if she too were goaded on by some thirst for vengeance. Among the willows, wills-o'-the-wisps were dancing. They surrounded the horsemen, and followed their movements. Kandur smote at them with his lash.

Mór Jókai - Debts of Honor