light of one's eye

Definitions

1. One's beloved.
   figuratively
2. The way in which one's eyes sparkle with joy and life.
   figuratively

Examples

“Mohammad Reza was his father's love⟳ — the light⟳ of his eye, as the Persian saying goes.”

“Simeti, the bright light⟳ of his eye, had perished in the fire and smoke⟳ and thunder. And bitterest of all was that he, Songiterr, had sent him to his dreadful, fiery doom.”

“The Princes are my sons and the light⟳ of my eye.”

“We look'd for the youth of the sunny glance⟳, Whose step was the fleetest in the chase⟳ or dance⟳! The light⟳ of his eye was a joy to see⟳,”

“The regularity of his features, and the light⟳ of his eye, presented a countenance worthy of the chisel of Praxitiles.”

“Tecumseh listened with a gloomy kind of submission; the playful animation of childhood no longer gladdened his countenance; the joyous light⟳ of his eye was quenched, and a settled shade rested on those features, that were wont to beam with pleasure.”

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