Dictionary Entry

waken

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈweɪkən/Used In Literature ↓

To wake or rouse from sleep.

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Poetry examples for “waken”

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Wind wherein seas and stars are shaken
Shall shake them, and they shall not waken;
None that has lain down shall arise;

Then star nor sun shall waken,
Nor any change of light:

And groan'd aloud upon my wretched bed,
And waked, ah, God, and did not waken her,
But lay, with eyes still closed,

And groan'd aloud upon my wretched bed,
And waked, ah, God, and did not waken her,
But lay, with eyes still closed,

And tears for yourself controlled,
You could waken and hold to a pity
You waken, but do not hold.

One could behold them enter for the dance,
And waken as it were out of a trance,
And either singly or with some one whirl:

In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,

In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,

All is the purlieu of the god of love.
O! were we waken'd by this tyranny
To ungod this child again, it could not be

Arise, ye sons of worth, arise,
And waken every note of woe;
When truth and virtue reach the skies,