Their ladders are planting, Their sabres are sweeping; Now swords from our sheaths By the thousand are leaping; Like the flash of the levin Ere men hearken thunder, Swords gleam, and the steel caps Are cloven asunder.
It sung upon a sycamore, It sung upon a briar; To follow the song and hearken This Abbot could never tire.
They will hearken unto infallible proofs from the Hyacinth of that assembly, and will receive the surest testimonies from the beauty of its Rose, and the melody of its Nightingale.
Hearken unto the counsel given you by the Pen of the Most High, that haply both ye and the poor may attain unto tranquillity and peace.
Hearken unto My speech, and tarry not though it be for less than a moment.
Let all eyes rejoice, and let every ear be gladdened, for now is the time to gaze on His beauty, now is the fit time to hearken to His voice.
Behold how the generality of mankind hath been endued with the capacity to hearken unto God’s most exalted Word—the Word upon which must depend the gathering together and spiritual resurrection of all men.
Hearken ye to the Call of this wronged One, and magnify ye the name of the one true God, and adorn yourselves with the ornament of His remembrance, and illumine your hearts with the light of His love.
Sanctify thine heart, that thou mayest remember Me; and purge thine ear, that thou mayest hearken unto My words.
We have refrained from dwelling upon this theme owing to the sorrow that hath encompassed Us from the actions of them that have been created through Our words, if ye be of them that will hearken unto Our Voice.
Hearken to a woman among them--'Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously!
Hearken to the singing of the brooks, and fear not the rain of the fountains; so will the Naiades learn to love thee.
That thy ear may hearkento wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence.
My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.
Hearken to thy father, that begot thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.
An exhortation to flee the company of the wicked: and to hearken to the voice of wisdom.
The Apostles would not have learned to hearken to the promptings of the Spirit so long as they could turn to Christ by their side; and it was therefore "expedient for them" that Christ should go away.
He would not hearkento the temptation which said, "Use your miraculous powers to establish a visible kingdom upon earth; and when this is done you can frame a perfect form of society by positive Law.
Hearken to me, O Princess of Heaven, appointed by the Great-Great to be the guardian of the Zulu race.
I could pray no prayers but for thee; I could hearken to no other tales of woe.
He answered, "Hearken to my answer; that I lie not aught: and may the high gallows and all things of grame have me, if I lie one word!
And now hearken to my dream; for therein methought there fell in upon us here a river exceeding strong, and brake up the timbers of the hall.
Din in the king's hall Of men merry with drink, And none might hearken The horses' tramping Or ever the warders Their great horn winded.
O hearken, hearken my Mother dear, The truth from thee would I know.
O hearken now, Heithrek my King, And what can this be now?
The first word he did say Was "Hearken and hearken now Young Odd, And bear me hence away.
O hearken now, Heithrek my King, Where dost thou know the neighbours, Both of whom use the same door, And neither one knows the other?
O hearken now, Heithrek my King, Where dost thou know the brothers Who roll far away on the outer reefs, And have neither fathers nor mothers?
The leopard would not hearkento his wife's advice, yet he was somewhat moved by her warning, and he told the fox of his misgiving, adding, that his wife refused to accompany him.
Hearken not to the prayers of wayfarers," was the petition of those who stayed at home.
Now hearken to me once more, and once only; and let not my last sermon prove so idle as those I have preached to you before.
And the king of the children of Ammon would not hearkento the words of Jephte, which he sent him by the messengers.
But they would not hearken to the proposition of their brethren the children of Israel: 20:14.
And the Lord raised up judges, to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them: but they would not hearken to them, 2:17.
I hearken for the challenge, not without solicitude; for it is about as dangerous to approach a nervous sentinel as to charge a battery.
Come now forth, Little John, And hearken to my tale, A better yeoman I know none, To search a monk-es mail.
I have commanded the singers to cease and the players to draw breath from their flutes, that we might hearken to the messages ye bear, since for naught never stranger visits the place of a stranger.
Whether it be right in the sight of God, to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
May Heaven hearken to your prayers, may every blessing fall on you!
Why did I not hearken to those who say that he declares his will through their mouths?
Then shall ye call upon me, and I will hearken unto you.
Reject those who would counsel thee otherwise; destroy those who would curb thee; pay no heed to the weaklings, and hearken only to the words of my messenger!
Now has the call sounded; let us hearken to it gladly.
Wise were we to heed his words, and not to hearken to those who declared that the temple would fall .
I know not well what he has said; but methinks there is something in it: prythee, let's hearken to him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hearken" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
