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    Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest
    forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky;
    the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western waves. But thou,
    thyself, movest alone.

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Such words fall to often on our cold and careless ears with the
triteness of long familiarity; but to read more

Such words fall to often on our cold and careless ears with the
triteness of long familiarity; but to Octavia . . . they seemed
to be written in sunbeams.

by Frederic William Farrar Found in: Sun Quotes,
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The gay motes that people the sunbeams.

The gay motes that people the sunbeams.

by John Milton Found in: Sun Quotes,
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Behold him setting in his western skies,
The shadows lengthening as the vapours rise.

Behold him setting in his western skies,
The shadows lengthening as the vapours rise.

by John Dryden Found in: Sun Quotes,
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Pleasantly, between the pelting showers, the sunshine gushes
down.

Pleasantly, between the pelting showers, the sunshine gushes
down.

by William Cullen Bryant Found in: Sun Quotes,
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Failing yet gracious,
Slow pacing, soon homing,
A patriarch that strolls
Through the tents read more

Failing yet gracious,
Slow pacing, soon homing,
A patriarch that strolls
Through the tents of his children,
The sun as he journeys
His round on the lower
Ascents of the blue,
Washes the roofs
And the hillsides with clarity.

by William Ernest Henley Found in: Sun Quotes,
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She stood breast-high amid the corn,
Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,
Like the sweetheart of read more

She stood breast-high amid the corn,
Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,
Like the sweetheart of the sun,
Who many a glowing kiss had won.

by Thomas Hood Found in: Sun Quotes,
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Make hay while the sun shines.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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Let others hail the rising sun:
I bow to that whose course is run.

Let others hail the rising sun:
I bow to that whose course is run.

by David Garrick Found in: Sun Quotes,
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The sun, which passeth through pollutions and itself remains as
pure as before.

The sun, which passeth through pollutions and itself remains as
pure as before.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Sun Quotes,
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