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
"To-morrow?" she exclaimed, a gleam of hope bursting upon her soul, like the dayspring.
From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Henry William Herbert
Blow to the dayspring of Liberty, to the new nation rising calmly above the dangers that beset her dawn.
From The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold A Play for a Greek Theatre by John Jay Chapman
For in Scotland the dayspring was now risen upon men!
From John Knox by A. Taylor Innes
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
