Sunset

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The setting sun, and the music at the close,
As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last,
Writ in remembrance more than things long past.

William Shakespeare

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Topic

Sunset Endings

Speaker

John of Gaunt

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1595 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard II. 9 Dec. 1595, The house of Edward Hoby, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Second." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

With the color that paints the morning and evening clouds that face the sun I saw then the whole heaven suffused.

Dante Alighieri

Paradiso

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Topic

Color Sunrise Sunset

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

Paradiso The Divine Comedy

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature

Statement Type

Vision

Language

Latin

Time

1321 1320s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Paradiso [Paradise]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Paradiso." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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

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Topic

Sunset Sunrise The sun

Author

John Milton

Source

Lycidas Justa Edouardo King Naufrago ab Amicis morentibus, amoris

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1638 1630s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Milton, John. "Lycidas." Justa Edouardo King Naufrago ab Amicis morentibus, amoris [Just Edward King Shipwrecked by Dying Friends, of love. Cambridge: Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, 1638.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Lycidas." John Milton: The Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008.