orb of night
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Who will dare To compare Works of man, that fleeting are, With the smooth perennial flow Of swift rivers, or the glow Of the eternal sun, or light Of the golden orb of night?
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 486, April 23, 1831 by Various
Above, the orb of night was nearing the line followed by the projectile, so as to meet it at the given hour.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules
"With regard to you, I am like the orb of night in its career; our eyes can only perceive the portion on which the sun sheds his rays."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
The orb of night shone splendidly into space, while opposite, the orb of day blazed with fire.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules
She seated herself once more at the window and gazed upon the lovely orb of night.
From Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick by Savage, Mrs. William T.
