Sentence:  This thought might <WSD>lead</WSD> me through the world's vain mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.