wakes the dead
Example Sentences
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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
When shrivelling like a parched scroll The flaming heavens together roll; When louder yet and yet more dread Swells the high trump that wakes the dead.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
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
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
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
