The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day:
Now spurs the lated traveller apace
To gain the timely inn.
– William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 3. The First Murderer speaks of the sky being lit with some streaks of daylight and the late travelers hurrying to reach the inns. The three murderers are awaiting the arrival of Banquo and Fleance, so that they can ambush and murder them.