Ho ho, you have always been the brightest amongst my grandchildren! But hearken now: I have come from the nether realm to entrust thee with a task of utmost importance!
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Hearken
/ˈhɑːk(ə)n/
Synonyms for "hearken" (39 found)
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8 entriesattend closelyfollow directiveshear yeheed scripturelisten closelylisten upobey commandsobey revelation
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9 entriesattend tobiblical Englishgive ear tohear yehearken tohearken untolisten attentivelylisten uppay heed
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But gladly sire Anchises hails the sign, / and gazing upward through the starlit air, / his hands and voice together lifts in prayer: / "O Jove omnipotent, dread power benign, / if aught our piety deserve, if e'er / a suppliant move thee, hearken and incline / this once, and aid us now and ratify thy sign."
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"Ye too, my servants, hearken my commands. / Outside the city is a mound, where, dear / to Ceres once, but now deserted, stands / a temple, and an aged cypress near, / for ages hallowed with religious fear."
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And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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