1583 B. Melbancke (new ed.) sig. G.iv Now nights dark mantle gan to auaile, the day bright star.
1834 M. Howitt 99 See! where those shoals of Dolphins go,..Sporting among the day-bright woods Of a coral fairy-land.
2001 J. Collins tr. L. Havesi in C. B. Bailey 97/2 Through this crack streams the whole of the day-bright landscape beyond the wood.