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

For in Scotland the dayspring was now risen upon men!

From John Knox by Innes, A. Taylor

Looking to the dayspring, there is what we have waited for, there the end of our hope, prone and shrouded.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

So near, indeed, is that religious dayspring that I seemed momently to see it breaking over the desert where I brought this book to an end.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules

He was pacing it, round and round, like a caged beast, when the stars grew faint and the silver ripple of the dayspring broke over the sea.

From The Blue Pavilions by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir