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Definition: a past time period considered to be peaceful, calm, and positive
This idiom is often used when referring to childhood or youth
Halycon is an ancient name for the Kingfisher bird. In ancient times, it was believed the gods had given the bird the power to calm the seas during the time when she laid her eggs.
Shakespeare used the phrase as the contemporary idiom in Henry VI:
Assign’d am I to be the English scourge.
This night the siege assuredly I’ll raise:
Expect Saint Martin’s summer, halcyon days,
Since I have entered into these wars.
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