wakes the dead
Example Sentences
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And then, across the breathless wood, a Bell began to sound, The only Bell that wakes the dead, And Stockton Signer raised his head, And called to all the deacons in the ancient burial-ground.
From The New Morning Poems by Noyes, Alfred
I hear a shout that moves the earth, A cry that wakes the dead!
From The New Morning Poems by Noyes, Alfred
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
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
Thy mighty arm make bare; Speak, with the voice that wakes the dead, And make thy people hear.
From The Otterbein Hymnal For Use in Public and Social Worship by Lorenz, Edmund S.
