daystar

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"A brighter day is dawning," cried the famed Horace Mann, "and education is its daystar."

From Time Magazine Archive

Loudon has had it in his head for some time;—ever since that colic of forty-eight hours, I should guess; upon the wrecks of which it might well rise as a new daystar.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas

The Wise-         men were led to behold and to follow this daystar of vi:12 divine Science, lighting the way to eternal harmony.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

And lo, wonder of metempsychosis, it is she, the everlasting bride, harbinger of the daystar, the bride, ever virgin.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

When the owls cry and the crickets chirp, my wife leaves my bed, and until the daystar appears, I lie alone, torn with curiosity, to know where she is, and what she is doing.

From Welsh Fairy Tales by Griffis, William Elliot