wakes the dead
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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
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 Adams, Henry
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
From clime to clime, from shore to shore, Shall thrill the magic thread; The new Prometheus steals once more The fire that wakes the dead!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 by Various
