wakes the dead
Example Sentences
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When shrivelling like a parched scroll The flaming heavens together roll; When louder yet and yet more dread Swells the high trump that wakes the dead.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams
So a soul may stiffen into the death of self and sin, even though the voice that wakes the dead to a life of love be calling to it.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Alexander Maclaren
“Thrice pronounc’d, in accents dread, The thrilling verse that wakes the dead: Till from out the hollow ground Slowly breath’d a sullen sound.”
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
Revive Thy work, O Lord, Thy mighty arm make bare, Speak with the voice that wakes the dead, And make Thy people hear.
From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Theron Brown
After the usual prologue an angel thrice blows the trumpet blast that wakes the dead, crying aloud Surgite!
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
