The sun did not rise, it overflowed.
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Dandelion Wine
by
Ray Bradbury
"You do not beg the sun for mercy."
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Dune Messiah
by
Frank Herbert
It was one January morning, very earlya pinching, frosty morningthe cove all grey with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward.
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Treasure Island
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
The daylight, the trailing glory of the sun, went streaming out of the sky, was drawn aside like some luminous curtain, and at last I looked into the blue gulf of immensity which the sunshine hides, and saw the floating hosts of the stars.
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The Island of Doctor Moreau
by
H. G. Wells
The sun comes out, a golden huzzar, from his tent, flashing his helm on the world.
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The Confidence-Man
by
Herman Melville
May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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The Hobbit
by
J. R. R. Tolkien
Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
by
William Shakespeare
"I don't want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want
you."
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Anne of the Island
by
Lucy Maud Montgomery
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by an by a cloud takes all away!
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Two Gentlemen of Verona
by
William Shakespeare
The Sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
by
Charles Dickens