“Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike,
And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.”
Alexander Pope The Rape of the Lock
Canto II, line 13.
The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)
“Aurora bright her crystal gates unbarred,
And bridegroom-like forth stept the glorious sun.”
Book I, stanza 71
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
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