dayspring
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dayspring
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at day, spring
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
At a first hearing of "Also Sprach Zarathustra," it seemed as though the very dayspring had descended into the orchestra to make that famous, brassy opening passage.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
And like the dew each dayspring new That tender love shall onward lead me: My thirst shall slake, yet thirst awake Till every breath shall pant:—"I need Thee."
From Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes by Jennings, Frederick Charles
Like molten silver, glowing with a lusciousness of light, soft and yet brilliant, so large and bright and seemingly so near—but just above the ridge yonder-shining with heavenly splendour in the very dayspring.
From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard
Blow to the dayspring of Liberty, to the new nation rising calmly above the dangers that beset her dawn.
From The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold A Play for a Greek Theatre by Chapman, John Jay
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