Pride of the Morning

That early mist or shower which promises a fine day. The Morning is too proud to come out in her glory all at once—or the proud beauty being thwarted weeps and pouts awhile. Keble uses the phrase in a different sense when he says:—

“Pride of the dewy Morning,

The swain’s experienced eye

From thee takes timely warning,

Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.”

Keble: 25th Sunday after Trinity.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.