wakes the dead
Example Sentences
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I hear a shout that moves the earth, A cry that wakes the dead!
From The New Morning Poems by Noyes, Alfred
“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 Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
Now spring-tide showers its foison on the land, And lively hearts wend forth, a joyous band, For 'Isa's breath wakes the dead earth to life, And trees gleam white with flowers, like Musa's hand.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
And the vivid description of "Dies Irae": When shrivelling like a parched scroll The flaming heavens together roll And louder yet and yet more dread Swells the high Trump that wakes the dead.
From Memories and Anecdotes by Sanborn, Kate
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 Symonds, John Addington
