upspring

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"Jenny's," cried Millie with a sudden upspring of hope.

From The Summons by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

To feel the new life flutter mystic wing; Like to a lark to feel one's soul upspring, Transpierce the very limit of the sky, And toss its challenge to Eternity!

From The Optimist's Good Morning by Perin, Florence Hobart

Behold I touch his heart, and there upspring Blooms to his cheeks, and flashes to his eyes; His scornful lips upon the instant sing, And all his pulses leap with ecstasies.

From The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems by Victor, Frances Fuller

Thou darest not say I love, and yet thou lovest, And think'st to crush the mighty yearning down, That in thy spirit shall upspring forever!

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 by Various

Unfold, upspring, outblossom from the dust, O divinest playfellow even as we!

From Poems by Stuart, Muriel