peep of day
Example Sentences
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By peep of day I went down to the grave, and thar sat the old mother.
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
Saturday morning, the 5th of August, broke clear and cloudless, and at the very peep of day the hillsides re-echoed to the stirring music of our reveille.
From Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life by King, Charles
Thither conducting thee at peep of day I will dispose thee in some safe recess, But from among thy followers thou shalt chuse The bravest three in all thy gallant fleet.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
Edward was awakened by a cowhorn blown just before the peep of day and the frantic baying of the hounds that Charlie Possum was bringing to the house.
From Sons and Fathers by Edwards, Harry Stillwell
At the first peep of day most of us were up to take our first look at the Promised Land.
From A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons by Williams, Elizabeth Whitney
