daystar

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

To the east, and right amidships of the dawn, which was all pink, the daystar sparkled like a diamond. 

From Island Nights' Entertainments by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah