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F.W. Bourdillon1 quote
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one. — F.W. Bourdillon · 1878John Milton1 quote
So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed,
And yet anon repairs his drooping head,
And tricks his beams, and with new spangled Ore,
Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. — John Milton · 1638Muhammad1 quote
He makes the night to enter into the day and makes the day to enter into the night, and He has subjected the sun and the moon, each of them, to a stated term. — Muhammad · 632Nathaniel Lee1 quote
When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon
But small, appear most long and terrible. — Nathaniel Lee · 1679Samuel Beckett1 quote
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. — Samuel Beckett · 1938Samuel Taylor Coleridge1 quote
Nor dim nor red, like God's own head,
The glorious Sun uprist. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798St. Francis of Assisi1 quote
Praised be You, my Lord, with all your creatures,
especially Sir Brother Sun,
Who is the day and through whom You give us light. — St. Francis of Assisi · 1226William Shakespeare1 quote
The moon's an arrant thief,
And her pale fire she snatches from the sun. — William Shakespeare · 1616