Morning star

Near-synonyms: evening star, Hesperus

The evening star is the morning star. (Hesperus is Phosphorus.)

Morn in the white wake of the morning star / Came furrowing all the orient into gold.

1979, Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, “The Rainbow Connection”, The Muppet Movie, Henson Associates and ITC Entertainment Who said that every wish would be heard and answered / When wished on the morning star? / Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it / And look what it's done so far.

Near-synonyms: evening star, Hermes

Contrivances like these, except that the balls were armed with spikes, were long carried by the pioneers of the trained bands, or city militia, they are generally called morning stars.

2019, PlaysPH, "What is the official name of the crusty stuff we develop around our eyes during sleep? And what causes it?", Quora We call it “morning star”. Funny name though. The real name is “eye crusts”.

Near-synonym: Evening Star

As we now know, the Evening Star is the Morning Star.

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered / When wished on the morning star? / Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it / And look what it's done so far.