1. morning star - Noun
2. Morning star - Proper noun
a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
Source: WordNetThe 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. Henry David Thoreau
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. William Ernest Henley
'Neath cold sand I dreamed of death / but woke at dawn to see / in glory, the bright, the morning star. William Styron
Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. Henry David Thoreau
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. Elie Wiesel
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. Dennis Merzel