They burnt a corpse upon the sand-- <br />The light shone out afar; <br />It guided home the plunging dhows <br />That beat from Zanzibar. <br />Spirit of Fire, where'er Thy altars rise, <br />Thou art the Light of Guidance to our eyes!<br /><br />Rudyard Kipling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-error/