| 单词 | king of day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking of day king of day n. chiefly poetic and literary (a name given to) the sun; cf. queen of the night n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > [noun] lightOE sunOE Phoebusc1275 the sheenc1400 Titana1413 solc1450 wheel1558 day-sun1570 day star1596 king of day1596 flame-god1598 Aten1877 1596 J. Davies Orchestra sig. B Vnder that spangled skye, fiue wandring flames, Besides the King of Day, and Queene of Night, Are wheel'd around. 1607 J. Day et al. Trauailes Three Eng. Brothers sig. B4v Our King of day, and our fayre Queene of nights, Walke ouer vs with their perpetuall lights. 1697 T. Cheesman Peace Triumphant (single sheet) The Sun that great resplendent King of Day, Compar'd with him, is but a lump of Clay. 1727 J. Thomson Summer 10 Yonder comes the powerful King of Day, rejoycing in the East. 1755 F. Fawkes tr. E. Halley in Misc. Corr. 4 in Gen. Mag. Arts & Sci. Thron'd in the center glows the king of day, And rules all nature with unbounded sway. 1823 T. Campbell Last Man 35, in New Monthly Mag. 8 273 Yet mourn I not thy parted sway, Thou dim discrowned king of day. 1879 H. T. King Songs of Heart 7 Nature hails in bright array Her bosom's lord the king of day. 1903 S. J. Marshall King of Kor ix. 80 The warm embrace of that great orb of light and heat, the King of Day. 1998 P. Haydn Astrological Moon ii. 6 The Sun became identified as the King of Day, the God of Light. < as lemmas |
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