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By Dante Is Despicable, Brightens Our Day This guy is the Worst Courtesy of ABC Studios  “I hate and I love,” wrote the Roman poet Catullus more than two thousand years ago.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2013

Brightens, as though the lamps are glowing a little stronger.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The coming of the Holy Ghost, The reign of Grace, the reign of Love Brightens the mountain-tops above, And the dark outline of the coast.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The immortal morning stands Above the night; clear shines her precious brow; The pendulous star in her transfigured hands Brightens the Now.

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss

Rescue my castle before the hot day Brightens to blue from its silvery gray, Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!

From Literature for Children by Lowe, Orton