Dawn

Dawn

Dawn (from an Old English verb dagian "to become day") is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the presence of weak sunlight, while the sun itself is still below the horizon. Dawn should not be confused with sunrise, which is the moment when the leading edge of the sun itself appears above the horizon.

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Famous quotes containing the word dawn:

    “Beloved, may your sleep be sound
    That have found it where you fed.
    What were all the world’s alarms
    To mighty Paris when he found
    Sleep upon a golden bed
    That first dawn in Helen’s arms?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Who can this ambition trace,
    To be each dawn perpetually journeying?”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Time writes no wrinkles on thine azure brow;
    Such as creation’s dawn beheld, thou rollest now.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)