Yesternight the sun went hence,
And yet is here today.

In these lines Donne uses the sun’s daily setting and return as a compact emblem of apparent loss followed by renewed presence. The image can be read as a meditation on continuity through change: what seems to depart (light, warmth, life, love, grace) may return, and absence may be only temporary or illusory. In Donne’s typical metaphysical manner, a simple natural observation becomes a vehicle for larger claims about time and endurance—suggesting that yesterday’s ending does not prevent today’s restoration, and that cycles of departure and return can underwrite hope against despair.