dayspring

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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 word for dayspring in Greek means "springing up," and is translated Branch in Zech. iii.

From The Prayer Book Explained by Jackson, Percival

"To-morrow?" she exclaimed, a gleam of hope bursting upon her soul, like the dayspring.

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William

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

But in the meane season we trudge and we trot, From dayspring to midnyght, I sit not, nor rest not.

From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward