wakes the dead

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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

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

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

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 Brown, Theron

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