Charles Sumner: “Instead of the sun, there is the helmet of Darius, which shines like Phœbus himself, and at its top a gem of flame…”

“Instead of the sun, there is the helmet of Darius, which shines like Phœbus himself, and at its top a gem of flame, obscuring the stars and yielding only to the rays of the sun; for, as much as it yields to the latter, so much does it prevail over the former.”