Careful Words

zenith (n.)

From morn

To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,—

A summer's day; and with the setting sun

Dropp'd from the Zenith like a falling star.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 742.

This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,

And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.

Mrs Barbauld (1743-1825): A Summer's Evening Meditation.