Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A song sung at a birth, or in celebration of a birth or birthday.
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Examples
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It held within it the thunder of the spheres rolling through the infinite, the birth-song of suns made manifest in the womb of space; echoes of creation's supernal chord!
The Moon Pool 1919
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Why, here's a heart that loosens in its throbs the birth-song of new stars!
Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet Olive Tilford Dargan 1918
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It held within it the thunder of the spheres rolling through the infinite, the birth-song of suns made manifest in the womb of space; echoes of creation's supernal chord!
The Moon Pool Abraham Merritt 1913
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Creation followed destruction, and the death-song was succeeded by a melodious birth-song.
The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. John Lord 1852
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His arms, or even weeping at His feet, wake up the old, grand birth-song, singing, "Glory to God in the highest!"
The Angels' Song Thomas Guthrie 1838
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Study Him, for example, in the angels who sung this birth-song!
The Angels' Song Thomas Guthrie 1838
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It held within it the thunder of the spheres rolling through the infinite, the birth-song of suns made manifest in the womb of space; echoes of creation’s supernal chord!
The Moon Pool 2004
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