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Arouse

Invented in Henry IV Part 2

“
The gaudy, blabbing and remorseful day
Is crept into the bosom of the sea;
And now loud-howling wolves arouse the jades
That drag the tragic melancholy night;
Who, with their drowsy, slow and flagging wings,
Clip dead men's graves and from their misty jaws
”


Get your mind out of the gutter. This word simply meant to awaken when Shakespeare first wrote it.


Tag: Henry IV Part 2

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