morning star
Speech parts
1. morning star - Noun
2. Morning star - Proper noun
Meaning
a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
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Examples
The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
My songs were once of the sunrise: They shouted it over the bar; First-footing the dawns, they flourished, And flamed with the morning star. My songs are now of the sunset: Their brows are touched with light, But their feet are lost in the shadows And wet with the dews of night.
'Neath cold sand I dreamed of death / but woke at dawn to see / in glory, the bright, the morning star.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
The night had passed completely. The morning star shone in the sky. I too had become a different person. The student of Talmud, the child I was, had been consumed by the flames. All that was left was a shape that resembled me. My soul had been invaded - and devoured - by a black flame.
When we really let go, we become everything. At that point we are identified with all things: the flower, the oak tree, the morning star.