The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

By and by the day broke. Then Christian said, "He has turned the
shadow of death into the morning.”
Morning having come, Christian looked back, not out of a desire to
return — but to see, by the light of the day, what hazards he had gone
through in the dark. So he saw more perfectly the ditch which was on
the one hand, and the quagmire which was on the other side. He also
realized how narrow the way was, which lay between them both.
Now he saw the hobgoblins, satyrs, and dragons of the pit — but all
were afar off — for during the day, they did not come near. Yet they
were revealed to him, according to that which is written, "He reveals the
deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light."
Now Christian was much affected with his deliverance from all the
dangers of his solitary way. These dangers, though he feared them more
before — yet he saw them more clearly now, because the light of the day
made them conspicuous to him.
Walking now in the daylight was another mercy to Christian; for
though the first part of the Valley of the Shadow of Death was
dangerous — yet this second part which he had yet to travel, was, if
possible, far more dangerous.
From the place where he now stood, even to the end of the valley — the
whole way was so full of snares, traps, snags, nets, pitfalls and
entanglements — that had it now been dark, as it was when he traveled
the first part of the valley — though he had a thousand lives, he still
would have perished!
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