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

Light spreads from the dayspring in the west, and may it shine more and more until the perfect day!

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail

His solemnly low implorations were drenched with agonizing tears, and they only ceased when the dayspring came and drove the somber terrors of the night before it.

From Prisoners of Conscience by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

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 Jackson, Percival

The dayspring from on high had but put to flight the lesser stars.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane