wakes the dead
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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
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 Maclaren, Alexander
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
“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)
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
