morning star

aamutähti The planet Venus as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.

The evening star is the morning star. (Hesperus is Phosphorus.)

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered / When wished on the morning star? / Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it / And look what it's done so far.

Contrivances like these, except that the balls were armed with spikes, were long carried by the pioneers of the trained bands, or city militia, they are generally called morning stars.