uprisen

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It is scarcely a country at all—only a scrap of coral reef uprisen at the foot of Mexico—Yucatan.

From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton

Indeed such rattle as he rated it, Is it not strange, and passing precedent, That the illustrious chief of Government Should have uprisen with such indecent speed And strenuously replied?

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

Behold this forest of uprisen spears,   Symbol of might!

From Nero by Phillips, Stephen

For here was instantly recognized the challenge of a radical spirit uprisen in full and ruthless rebellion against each and every time-hallowed usage and tradition.

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto

There sitting from the deeps uprisen, he mourn'd20 The vanquished Grecians, and resentment fierce Conceived and wrath against all-ruling Jove.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William