waken

Example Sentences

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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

"O waken ye, waken ye, my good lord, Waken, and come away!"

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they— "Waken, lords and ladies gay."

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

"O wyte na me, now, my master dear, 50 I garr'd a' my young hawks sing, And still I cried, Waken, gude master, For now is the hour and time."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

Waken them that slumber; make the heedless mindful.

From A Compilation on Bahá’í Education by Universal House of Justice