At seven this morning I glanced out east at the bright morning star.
The picture is not as clear as I would like, I remained stiff, the open window was allowing the frost laden wind to enter, and I was still half asleep. I still am.
The 'Morning Star,' is usually the planet Venus hanging about just before sunrise. Occasionally its place is taken by Mercury during July to September, or Sirius at other times.
Jesus is of course referred to as the 'Morning Star,' and John Wycliffe was called the 'Morning Star of the Reformation. 'Morning Star,' was the name of a Cheyanne Leader, also known as 'Dull Knife,' though I suspect not to his face. The USA, as you may have expected, has several small towns called 'Morning Star,' for reasons unknown and I canny be bothered to look.
Several Ships have carried this name including six Royal Naval vessels dating from a Dutch Ketch captured in 1672 to an 'M' Class Destroyer launched in 1915, and a Broad Guage locomotive was built by the Great Western Railway in 1839 and called by this name. This was intended for sale to the USA.
'The Morning Star' is of course a somewhat left leaning London based paper. Known once as the 'Daily Worker,' it was unashamedly Communist, now under the new name it struggles to survive and leans towards the Labour Party. I suspect none of the 'Workers' involved come from a working class background. Most true Socialists today are Middle Class and have never done a proper days work in their lives. Just saying like.
Films and TV have made use of the name, songs abound as do albums, musicals and even a variety of cannabis, though you will know more about that than I do.
This reflects the effect the 'Morning Star' has upon the people when we see it rise. The fact that the vast majority have never seen it, most not rising before sunrise, is not worth considering. The sight, not reflected very well by the picture, of a bright shining Morning Star against a deep blue background, sometimes accompanied by a crescent moon can live in the memory. Maybe that is why this is replicated on the Pakistan Flag?
Now I have scribbled this I am back off to bed...
