A structure from which a light beam projects,
By night guiding mariners, this beacon protects.
Daytime a marker, it's warning reflects.
The very first Lighthouse in past history,
Was constructed and built in the seventh century,
Erected in harbours and many esturies.
Guarding the coastline, on rocks or on shoals,
The most famous Lighthouse was called just Pharos.
One of the worlds seven wonders as the old story goes.
The old fashioned Lighthouse surmounted a fire,
To keep this flame going, no time for to tire.
Electric invented, now powered by wire.
Modern new Lighthouses revolve and then flash,
Still protecting the coastline, safeguarding a crash.
The mariner's guardian, a pirates panache.
When lifeboats and fishermen, sailor's galore,
Storm over water, countries at war.
The Lighthouse their saviour, to guide home to shore.
