set astir

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May emotions as pure as that song set astir Be the wont that the future shall bring her.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 by Lincoln, Abraham

In this man’s mind, which was so near a simple beast’s in all its movings, some remote, unborn consciousness was surely reached and vaguely set astir by the clear words thus spoken.

From A Lady of Quality by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

And if at times her grave eyes clouded and her attention wandered, it was less in ennui than because of occult trains of thought set astir by some chance word or phrase of Lanyard's.

From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph

The country, however, which had once been set astir could not be pacified so easily.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro

My finger tips, my lips, my nodding head are the points where I part with full control, though indefinitely beyond these I can forecast changes which the automatic agencies, once set astir, will induce.

From The Nature of Goodness by Palmer, George Herbert