dayspring
Example Sentences
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Little old Uncle Saltiel worshiped him, his disreputable cronies idolized him, thought him a dayspring from on high, a light to lighten his people.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dayspring from on high had not yet visited mankind.
From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Joseph Cross
The word anatole is translated dayspring in the last couplet, because it is treated here as giving light to those who sit in darkness.
From The Prayer Book Explained by Percival Jackson
We cannot afford, in one sense, to give up even the semblances and shows of religion, and these will survive until the new dayspring from on high shall supersede the necessity of their existence.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
Jaunting, journeying To his own dayspring, He unpacks the loaded pern Of all 'twas pain or joy to learn, Of all that he had made.
From The Wild Swans at Coole by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
