waken

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‘I clapped wi’ my wings, master, And aye my bells I rang, And aye cry’d, Waken, waken, master, Before the lady gang.’

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

So when thoughts of evil-doers Waken scorn or hatred move, Shall a mournful fellow-feeling Temper all with love.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

Over his head the chafer hummeth,   Under his feet shut daisies bend: Waken, man! the enemy cometh,   Thy neighbor, counted so long a friend.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean

Waken the fog-bound cities with the shout of the wind-swept main, Inland over the smouldering plains, till the mists unfold, Darkness die, and England, England arise from sleep.

From The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems by Nichols, Spencer Baird

Waken, Queen of Elfan, An’ hear your nourice moan.’

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank