uprisen

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Behold this forest of uprisen spears,   Symbol of might!

From Nero by Phillips, Stephen

But who is he, uprisen, with eye so keen, In garb of shining plush of grassy green— Dogs climbing round him, eager for the start, With ceaseless tail, and doubly beating heart?

From May Day with the Muses by Bloomfield, Robert

His son, Lord Lincoln, had heard Gladstone’s speech against the Reform Bill delivered in the Oxford Union, and had written home that “a man had uprisen in Israel.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

For lo, the world's great Shepherd now is born A blessed babe, an infant full of power: After long night uprisen is the morn, Renowning Bethl'em in the Saviour.

From In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)

For lo! the world's great Shepherd now is born, A blessed Babe, an Infant full of power: After long night uprisen is the morn, Renowning Bethlem in the Saviour.

From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Schauffler, Robert Haven