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Midnight sun  n.  The sun shining at midnight in the arctic or antarctic summer.





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"Midnight sun" Quotes from Famous Books



... with France against the Hun! Reck not that tears might wet your crib; Nor fear my fondling of the bib You wore—when you are gone. Your mother will not be alone; Her love-mate will be Duty Done: Her nights will kiss that midnight sun. If tears? They will be tears of Joy, For having milked a man, my boy. Farewell and live, heart of my heart. God steel my soul! I bid you start! He goes! God knows I idol him. And may no backward glance Unheart me now. To France! ...
— Rhymes of the Rookies • W. E. Christian
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... the northern night; we're in the land of the midnight sun. Soon we'll be shut in for seven months. A cabin we ...
— The Last of the Plainsmen • Zane Grey
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... of the Norse galley is taken from Du Chaillu's "Land of the Midnight Sun," in which the construction of one which was unearthed at Nydam in Jutland is described (Vol. I. 380). The galley "Viking" built in Norway on the model of an actual Viking ship of the early Middle Ages, was taken across the Atlantic in 1893 by a Norwegian crew of ...
— Days of the Discoverers • L. Lamprey
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... the Polar Bears lived among the icebergs in the far north country. He was old and monstrous big; he was wise and friendly to all who knew him. His body was thickly covered with long, white hair that glistened like silver under the rays of the midnight sun. His claws were strong and sharp, that he might walk safely over the smooth ice or grasp and tear the fishes and seals upon which ...
— American Fairy Tales • L. Frank Baum
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... light in the summer," she continued. "How I have wished to go north where the sun shines the whole twenty-four hours. Have you ever seen the Midnight Sun, ...
— Added Upon - A Story • Nephi Anderson
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... done in the Midnight Sun that no tongue will ever tell; And men there be who walk earth-free, but whose names are writ in hell— Are writ in flames with the guilty names ...
— Ballads of a Cheechako • Robert W. Service
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