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Nor dim nor red, like God's own head,
The glorious Sun uprist.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Topic

Sunrise The sun

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2.

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.

The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one.

F.W. Bourdillon

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Topic

Stars The sun Light Night and day

Author

F.W. Bourdillon

Source

Light

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Bourdillon, Francis William. "Light." Among the Flowers and Other Poems. Marcus Ward & Co., 1878.

The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

Samuel Beckett

Murphy

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Same old same old Ennui Malaise The sun

Author

Samuel Beckett

Source

Murphy

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Beckett, Samuel. Murphy. Routledge, 1938, ch. 1.

When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon
But small, appear most long and terrible.

Nathaniel Lee

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Topic

Shadows The sun

Speaker

Oedipus

Author

Nathaniel Lee

Source

Oedipus: A Tragedy

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1679 1670s 17th century

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Citation

Lee, Nathaniel and John Dryden. Oedipus: A Tragedy. London: R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1679, act 4, sc. 1.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Genesis 1:16

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Topic

The sun The moon Creation of the world

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:16).

The moon's an arrant thief,
And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.

William Shakespeare

Timon of Athens

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Topic

The moon The sun

Speaker

Timon

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Timon of Athens

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 3.

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

The Canticle of Brother Sun

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Topic

The sun

Speaker

St. Francis of Assisi

Source

The Canticle of Brother Sun

Medium

Song

Language

Umbrian

Time

1226 1220s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Original Citation

Francis of Assisi. Cantico di frate Sole [Canticle of Brother Sun]. c. 1226.

Current Citation

Francis of Assisi. Canticle of the Sun, illustrated by Fiona French. Ignatius Press, 2006.

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

The Quran

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Topic

Night and day The sun The moon God and nature God is in control

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

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Original Citation

The Quran. c. 630, 31:29.

Current Citation

The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 31.