| 单词 | jocund |
| 例句 | That was just one role Mr. Train played — the jocund hobbyist who ambled into bookish success. John Train, Paris Review Co-Founder and Cold War Operative, Dies at 94 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Of course, this is how it goes in “Romeo and Juliet” — the jocund pal of Romeo is stabbed by Tybalt, which leads Romeo to kill Tybalt, which leads to the lovers’ suicides. American Ballet Theater Steadies Itself for Its Next Act 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z This jocund pair, who show up in the final scene of Caryl Churchill’s “Vinegar Tom” at Atlantic Stage 2, go on to catalog the many frailties of the so-called fairer sex. Review: ‘Vinegar Tom’ and ‘Judith’ Examine Woman as Myth 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The book would have paired Hughes’s fervent poem about the pain of subjugation with Brown’s jocund illustrations of a lion: Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown: A Children’s Book Deferred 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z That last part is a bit of cheek for effect, deleted quickly by a green cursor, a taste of the jocund energy that informs this six-part limited series. Smart Watch: "Valley of the Boom," "Corporate" returns, and "The Dictator's Playbook" on PBS 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z The rest of the poem is about what “a jocund company” they make. Perspective | The poetry that speaks best to the pandemic 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The happy and jocund faces of children, whom you looked upon complacently a month or two ago, will laugh away, you are tolerably sure, the disposition to low spirits and pale brandy. Heat-Struck, July 1852 2013-07-26T22:54:39Z But however jocund her life, her hats were chaste, and however sharp her play, her name was honorable. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Hither flock the jocund burgesses, and dance to the sound of harp and viol. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z In one of his satires, Horace gives us an idea of the manner in which slaves burlesqued their lords at this jocund time. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z On the Common, jocund morning, fresh green of turf and tree, sweet breath of the earth; sunshine, bird-song, youth, ... Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create 2012-04-03T02:00:30.247Z Now the harvest’s o’er, And the grain we store, And the stacks we pull, And the barn is full, The merry, merry reapers sing again, And jocund shouts the happy harvest swain, Hallo Large! The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z How jocund did they drive their team afield! Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The oration ended, service at the high altar proceeded, while at intervals gay, almost jocund, music burst forth from the grand organ. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z In our flowery observance of Easter and in our joyous celebration of Christmas we have a faint traditional residue of festivals that once made all Christendom gay and jocund. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Perhaps it is because his jocund humor, like all else, sprang from a heart so woven of the common strands of humanity. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z He came immediately, expecting perhaps to receive his bill, minus some extra charge which the jocund but economical youths might deem exorbitant. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z It did the heart good to hear her jocund laugh. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Terence, her cousin, whose jocund visage she admitted to be rather dear to her. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z After this jocund opening symphony, Nara changed his tune, and as he spoke of the suffering people, the General's face grew dark and sorrowful. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Our life is joyous, jocund, free— Not one a slave Who bends in fear the trembling knee, And seeks to save A coward soul from future pain; Not one will cringe or crawl for gain. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Every line of this man's jocund face, every curve of his portly figure, spoke contentment and well-being. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z The bright sun drew them from their hives, and jocund in their little hearts, away they bounded on the balmy zephyr. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z The fair-haired Elizabeth was there, too, with her parents; and the stranger mingled in the jocund throng. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z More, for she succeeded in emitting such a jocund and appropriate peal of laughter as disconcerted the mob and wrung for behoof of the stranger a gratified inclination from my lord. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Yet this jocund day did not set without its tragedy. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z These are the voices that so late did chear Our tent with laughter; from the hills they come With friendly sound unto our listening ear, A jocund farewell to our glimmering home. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z Deck'd in the gaieties of thoughtless Joy Let jocund Laughter in each orbit beam In mirth alone I passing time Employ Attune my Voice & Pleasure is the Theme. The Harlot's Progress, The Rake's Progress (MS., CA. 1778-1780) 2012-01-25T03:00:37.903Z And then the whole crowd of jocund Pagan gods came forth to meet me, Lady Venus at their head, and all saluted me. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z For Captain Nelson's rotund figure, jocund countenance, and always buoyant spirits were priceless assets to our naval forces at Corfu. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Fantastic joy and fond belief Through life support the galling chain; Hope's airy prospects banish griefs, And bring his native lands again: His native groves a heaven display, The funeral is the jocund day. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit Of this and That endeavour and dispute; Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or Bitter, Fruit. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z And incidentally it gives one a splendid picture of the jocund cow country of Wyoming. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z When the cloth was removed and dessert placed upon the table they seemed happier than ever, if that were possible, and smiles and jokes and jocund yarns ere the order of the evening. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Soon, too soon, my jocund slave, You'll deck your master's grassy grave; And there's an end—for ah! you know They drink but little wine below! The Odes of Anacreon 2011-12-08T03:00:29.763Z The January of this second winter had been prolific in heavy snow-storms, and the sleighing had filled town with its jocund tinkles. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z And in that realm is there no joy Of comrades and the jocund sense? Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z The house where Marta sewed began to inspire jocund ideas of sweet ease and happiness. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Their notes thro' all the jocund spring Were mixed in merry musicking: They sang for love the whole day long, But now their love is all for song. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Catherine of Siena, whatever her sufferings, was always jocund, 'ever laughing in the Lord.' Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z The stiff, upright, careful old man cannot understand the jocund pliability of the boy, who, nevertheless, simply expends the superfluity of his natural vigor, and relieves his excess of nervous excitability. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z At the conclusion of these jocund rounds, each little maiden was presented with a bright ribbon—such mementoes being popularly spoken of as fancies. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z Good ale and strong maketh me among Full jocund and full light, That oft I sleep, and take no keep From morning until night. Gammer Gurton's Needle 2011-09-24T02:00:15.643Z Outside, the air was jocund with the incessant sounds of singing, calling, penny trumpets, the steam organs of the distant roundabouts, and all the bustle of the holiday. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z He began with the jocund Miss Crawleys, whose familiar gaiety, which deemed nothing indecorous that afforded them sport, encouraged him, by its flippant enjoyment, to proceed to others. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z The joke and the jest went merrily round with the wine flagon; and he was for a time the best man who could start the most jocund theme. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z "Oh yes, you are," said Kindelon, with easy security in the jocund contradiction. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z For she hides within her breast now The jocund heart of Spring. Songs of Womanhood 2011-08-21T02:00:31.203Z With his broad, tolerant, jocund nature, he was, it must be confessed, not a little like a hare, which soon makes a form for itself wherever it happens to crouch. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Idyllic ploughmen are jocund when they drive their team afield; idyllic shepherds make bashful love under hawthorn bushes; idyllic villagers dance in the chequered shade and refresh themselves not immoderately with spicy nut-brown ale. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Thus a certain jocund and licentious element was imparted to the rites, which were not to be witnessed by men. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z "Yes, I complete the group," said Miss Dares, with a jocund trip of the tongue about her speech, that suggested a person who did all her thinking in the same fleet and impetuous way. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z In boyhood's happy days, in the jocund season of youth, the grass grew quietly in the highways of the town, and bleating sheep and frolicsome calves sported about on the verdant savannas. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Since thus each anxious care Is vanished into empty air, Ah! how can I forbear To join the jocund dance? Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z But no one who has seen much of actual ploughmen thinks them jocund, no one who is well acquainted with the English peasantry can pronounce them merry. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Birds of rare plumage darted hither and thither along its banks, enlivening the groves with their jocund notes. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z We see a jocund train issuing forth from one of the city gates. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z One jocund morn: I found her where a flowering tree Gave odors and cool shade. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z By-and-by, when sun goes down, they come trooping home, tramping down stony street, a jocund throng. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 2011-06-29T02:00:26.507Z Who would have expected to see his jocund, rounded physiognomy, where a bland and perpetual smile sat enthroned, distorted into a shape as angular as a problem in Euclid? The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z Piles of prepared lumber, stones, and other building materials strewed the ground, whilst the busy workmen, black and white, made the air resonant with their jocund voices. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The lawyer here dropped his jocund air, pressed the hand which had nervously clutched his, and retired to the window for a while. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The image of love-happiness in the last couplet is as jocund and uplifting as some radiant symbolic drawing by Blake, and poetry has few things more perfect or easier in their perfection. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z So plays the jocund spirit of Heywood the Jester, in his minstrel-verse and pristine idiom; but we have now to tell another tale. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Helen partly forgot the cares of the new law-suit, in gazing on the jocund landscape. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z When Gustavus, in deference to his dear Griselda, promised to begin to reform the baleful habit of smoking, his Griselda was jocund as the dawn. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z The gentlemen were jocund, the ladies wreathed in smiles, the smock-frocks staring at them with a pleased expression upon their stolid faces. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Let none be too demure; Innocence marries mirth, And from the jocund earth green laurels spring. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Yet this jocund humour, which never was to quit him to his last awful minute, at times indulged a solemnity of thought, as remarkable in a youth of eighteen. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He looked angrily at the jocund doings on the green, and then turned to bear the tidings of his defeat to his patroness. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z It is difficult to conceive how, in this frame of mind, he could assume the jocund and unrestrained gaiety of a Mime, or how the Roman people could relish so painful a spectacle. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z A broad and jocund landlady told us there was absolutely no place for us. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape," ran the song with the plaintive strain which seemed out of place in so jocund an air: "My dainty duck, my dear-a? Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z The air was made jocund with the songs of birds; the balmy breeze scarce rippled the surface of the bay, where the sunshine fell in golden glory. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z The season of youth, as we under-stand it, in all its jocund merriment, its frolics, and its wildness, has no existence amongst them. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z They are as jocund as a gipsy rondeau of Haydn, as gracious as the tapestries of Fragonard, as tender as the Amorini of Albani, and as serenely cheerful as the matchless melodies of Mozart. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Sometimes the breeze would fan aside a leaf cluster to disclose a jocund skull secured to the bark behind. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z LIV Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit Of This and That endeavour and dispute; Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Translated into English Verse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.917Z A fortunate correction made in the same edition was retained—the change of "laughing company" to "jocund company," in "The Daffodils": A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Not that young Joy who looked with laughing eyes, That jocund sprite with open, idle fingers Stretched to the dawn, the dawn whose gold light lingers Across the far blue hills of Paradise. Sonnets and Songs 2011-01-29T03:00:22.093Z It often rang with song, and was cheery with the laughter of children and grandchildren, he himself, in his own words, 'being merry, jocund and pleasant among them.' The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z A less jocund guest than the wreck who at the pastoral hour of nine crept stiffly down to "chase the glowing hours with flying feet" could hardly have been encountered. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Leave this jocund old justicer to me, and I'll answer for it that the king's enemies shall get a free pardon. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Now and then there came from the Halewitz fields a jocund cry, which slowly died away on the air. The Undying Past I wish it had found a place in that “dancing in the chequered shade,” in which Milton p. 103has immortalised the jocund rebecks. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History The lark's carolling in the sky seemed a jocund invitation to resume labour in the fields, the womb of the earth opened with yearning for the crops from which it had fasted so long. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The physiognomy of Alfred—ordinarily so grave, thoughtful, and dejected—was now mirthful, jocund, and hilarious. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 Then our song's jocund sound, When our nectar flows round, Sure Olympus was never so merry. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The crwth is followed by the rebec, which most of us know better from Milton’s lines— “When the merry bells ring round And the jocund rebecks sound”— than in any more practical manner. Springtime and Other Essays It was lovely in the fresh morning light to look out over this jocund land. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 The gardens, the lawns, the woods, were radiant, and Milly, in the environment of jocund revival, shared the radiance. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece She styles herself Madam Joculette; a jocund girl, on my word, and one that will not engage her honour, nor barter in a low commodity, for nothing. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Her jocund laugh and merry voice, indeed, first attracted my attention. Jack Hinton The Guardsman As for himself, who, to look at him, with his bright countenance, to hear the jocund ring of his merry laugh—who could ever imagine such a figure in a terrible scene of tragedy? One Of Them Lo, to the jocund Bard, here’s a barren summer; to the Bard the world is desolate. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards Sawney has humour enough to be amused by the writhing apprehension of dry and lean fare which deforms the well-fed and jocund face of the bacon-bolter. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Do, do, my jocund spleen It does, it will, it shall. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 The ode commences in a tone of high gratulation and festivity—a tone not only glad, but comparatively even jocund and light-hearted. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) The next moment, a short, burly figure, in a travelling-dress, entered, and, saluting her with a kiss on either cheek, unrolled his woollen comforter, and displayed the pleasant, jocund features of Mr. Nicholas Holmes. One Of Them "Oh yes!" replies a jocund old gentleman who has lived here these thirty years. Seeds of Pine Jovial boys, come pass the Sally Lunn, nor let the crumpet stand: Round the jocund kettle rally, And silence for its song demand. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) What lack is there of any jocund thing In glancing wit or glad imagining Capricious fancy may not find in thee?— The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches Ye that love the moon's soft light, Hither, hither, wend your way; Twine ye in a jocund ring, Sing and trip it merrily, Hand to hand, and wing to wing, Round the wild witch-hazel tree. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Little elfin maid, Old, though scarce two years, With your big dark hazel eyes Tenderer than tears, And your rosebud mouth Lisping jocund things, Breaking brooding silence with Wistful questionings! Songs of the Army of the Night The hind,130 Who delved, or "jocund drove his team a-field," Had then an independence in his look And heart; and, plodding on his lowly path, Disdained a parish dole, content, though poor. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 Willow herb, mint, pale speedwell and rattle Water hemlock and sundew—to the wind's tittle-tattle They nodded, dreamed, swayed in jocund delight, In beauty and sweetness arrayed, still and bright. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems O'er fields, where once in happier tide My jocund bugle horn I blew, The savage foemen fiercely ride: A noble quarry they pursue. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. It was her r�le to be jocund and amusing, and no one took her seriously. Leonore Stubbs Their fires were formed in a wide circle, and the cooking went merrily on, amid the pleasant song and jocund cries. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II And everywhere around are pressing His merry men in jubilee, Their love find gratitude confessing To him with jocund tongue and free. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. When I parted from her, she wore a smile of happy expectancy—a look of jocund hope was in her dewy eyes. Francezka Along the crisped shades and bowers Revels the spruce and jocund Spring; 985 The Graces and the rosy-bosomed Hours Thither all their bounties bring. Minor Poems by Milton But there was fellowship in the jocund youth of all three. The Girl in the Mirror The bright morning sun brings melodious music from our hearts; the soft, perfumed air bears afar the strains of jocund hope, passionate love, and aspiring faith. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 Whatever jocund rebecks may have sounded in the England of long ago, their strains found no echo in the funeral ditties of the Perrymans' feast. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies What a mockery seems to me the “jocund day” as I emerge into the sunshine, and looking across the space of blue, sparkling water, see the house wherein all that horror lies! Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 Even Herrick, ‘jocund’ though his muse was, left behind him some ‘Noble Numbers.’ By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects He soon entered it, and commenced another jocund day in that delightful establishment. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. To my dark lot no bridal joys Belong, nor e’er the jocund noise p. 50Of hymeneal chant shall sound for me, But death, cold death, my only spouse shall be. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 She was jocund at heart; pleasure and interest had winged her beauty, and she knew it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Constant streams of sparkling repartee rippled across the table, jocund anecdotes and refined civilities of every variety abounded, the festivities in every way being characterized by vivacity, suavity, chivalry, and irreproachable respectability. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories He, however, replied soberly, that he had seen them both the night before, and that they were well in health and jocund in spirit. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters The father is a man of joy, From his week's toil released; And jocund is each little boy To see his father pleased. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 When it burst its bonds, he was saying: “Look here, you crazy man–take a reef in your canvas picture of jocund day upon the misty mountain tops–get down to grass roots.” In the Heart of a Fool At last my student drew up his blind, and still in quite a jocund humour, looked abroad. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 Still the corks "popped," and the glasses jingled, and the merry jest, and the laugh jocund, and the rich sentiment, and richer fumes of the cigars filled the room. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes And travellers hearing a blackbird whistling gaily before a hostelry would know that within doors was brave cheer and jocund company. The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice Then from the jocund morn to eve employed, My gracious master on my back I bore. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 And, O! to see this sunlight once before he died! to move with a jocund spirit in a golden land! to hear the trained singers and sweet church bells, and see the holiday gardens! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) Huge caldrons of sap hung on poles over the roaring fires, and the children gathered round to taste the syrup, and salute with songs of welcome the coming of jocund spring. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France The prophetic element is rarely absent, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, only it is a more jocund and reassuring cry than we are used to in prophecy. Whitman A Study Far and farther below her shone the lights in the little hotel, and the busy and jocund scenes of her girlish life receded swiftly. Money Magic A Novel Ah, jocund trifles writ in tears, And merry stanzas steeped in rue! A line-o'-verse or two "Come, brethren," he said, "let us serve the Lord with gladness," and he trolled forth a jocund hymn. Dreamers of the Ghetto Pale Hermit of the Year, Flower of the Wilderness! oh, not for thee The jocund playmates of the maiden spring. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 No more In mirthful mood to combat us, or mix Their jocund music with the sounds of war. The Battle of Bunkers-Hill On the neighboring track stood the return sleepers headed for the hills, and she acknowledged a wild desire to take her place among the jocund folk who stood on the observation-platform exchanging good-byes with friends. Money Magic A Novel There was something half painful in their jocund gayety and archness. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 He tramped in with a jocund greeting, sat down on the kitchen floor in a path of sunlight, and leaned against the wall, smoking. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Her voice once so glowing and so jocund, was tremulous, and her brown hair, once so abundant, was thin and gray. A Son of the Middle Border Nothing could be more jocund, more typical, of the young men and the trail. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Not so jocund and blooming certainly; she was more like a snowdrop than a crocus. Say and Seal, Volume II The illumination lasted through the night—until "Night's candles were burnt out, and jocund day Stood tip-toe on the misty mountain tops." Say and Seal, Volume I Struthers, in the meantime, circumspectly took possession of Minty, who was still indecorously shaking a bit of mohair between his jocund young teeth. The Prairie Child We were laughing at the bairn's story, and wondering who the strangers could be, when old Andrew himself appeared, a look of concern on his usually jocund face. Tales From Scottish Ballads But no one who has seen much of actual ploughmen thinks them jocund; no one who is well acquainted with the English peasantry can pronounce them merry. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Down the old farm road, among fields of fresh grain and fresh ploughing, where blue birds sat on the fences, and jocund dandelions sunned themselves by the wayside. Say and Seal, Volume II Very jocund she looked, with her light pink veils wreathing about the horizon, and the dancing white clouds which hurried up as the sun rose, driven by a fresh wind. Say and Seal, Volume I The jocund travelers came on; and as they came, Scrooge knew and named them every one. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Waste not your Ink, and don't attempt to use That Subtle Touch which Editors refuse; Better be jocund at two cents a word Than, starving, court an ill-requited Muse! The Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne Idyllic ploughmen are jocund when they drive their team afield; idyllic shepherds make bashful love under hawthorn bushes; idyllic villagers dance in the checkered shade and refresh themselves, not immoderately, with spicy nut-brown ale. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete The language of passion is intense; of pleasure jocund, easy, abundant; of content calm, of happiness strong but restrained; of love warm, tender. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The occasions are similar and mournful, although the contests are inspired by, and inspire a jocund mood. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Milton passed the most jocund hours of his life in Gray's Inn, in which college Cleveland and the author of 'Hudibras' held the meetings of their club. A Book About Lawyers Daphne: The gentle, jocund spring, Smiling and wantoning, Makes all things amorous. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Lo! the Year's final Day!—Nature performs Its obsequies with darkness, wind, and rain; But Man is jocund.—Hark! th' exultant strain From towers and steeples drowns the wintry storms! Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace Louder and louder, higher and higher rose the giant voice, till filling all the hollow clearing, it overflowed the leafy walls of forest green in waves of jocund and melodious sound. Burl I stand The painted fool again and kiss my hand With jocund air to Folly's worshippers. Pan and Æolus: Poems Anon jocund day would stand tiptoe on something or other; Greenwich Village would awaken and bestir itself. The Life of the Party How admirably, how judiciously is this jocund beginning contrasted with the melancholy sequel! how affecting to the reader's feelings when he reflects how soon Billy's joy will be damped! The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 O! let their strains around us float, Mix'd with the sweet and jocund song! Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace Their father and uncle joined them, and the jocund hours passed so swiftly, that the dusk stole upon them unawares. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him Sweet flowers grew by the way in profusion, on the banks and along the sides of the stream; and the birds were very jocund in their solitudes. The Old Helmet, Volume I The ruddy jocund Earth presses close to the Sun, timorous of the outer void, baring her bosom to his kiss. The Masque of the Elements And once a year you see this truth Ably set forth by jocund youth, Who broach the tenets of the creed Plainly that he who runs may read. Children of Our Town My garden-herbs, in fragrance warm, Our various chaplets wait to form; My tender ivies grow, That, twining in thy amber hair, Add jocund spirit to thine air, And whiteness to thy brow. Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace He sat where he could watch the door, and despite his jocund pose his eyes expressed growing impatience and some anxiety. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Pink bloom, gold bloom, fleabane white, Dewdrop, raindrop, cooling shade, Bubbling throat and hovering flight, And jocund heart as e'er was made. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Were I a bird I'd seek my rest When jocund Day blows out his light; In boughs that hover o'er my nest I'd sweetly sing, "Good Night, Good Night!" The Sylvan Cabin A Centenary Ode on the Birth of Lincoln and Other Verse Nor yet are you forgot, my jocund boy! My Recollections of Lord Byron One to the Midnight!—'t is our noon Of jocund thought, and festal mirth! Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace Side-lights from all Society shift here Reflected in keen mot and jocund jeer, Wild jest, and waggish whimsey. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 Ah! ruffled drummer, let thy wing Beat a march the days will heed, Wake and spur the tardy spring, Till minstrel voices jocund ring, And spring is spring in very deed. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Not yet jocund, as spring come into her own crowned with flowers and laughing through her silver rain; but a wistful spring still held in the thraldom of winter. The Silver Butterfly Here was the paradise of dreams—bright colours, sweet sounds, fragrant odours, gentle beings, fair peace, and jocund plenty! Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield! Graded Memory Selections Quick, lively, jocund, to the clashing of her cymbals, there bounded forth an Italian maiden in the garb of a Bacchante. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 And yet he was possessed of warm affections, was by no means misanthropic in his nature, and would, in truth, have given much to be able to be free and jocund as are other men. Ralph the Heir How merry and jocund every life-gifted thing looks forth on this our festival. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Confined, apart one from the other, they had eaten and drunken, and their hearts were "jocund and sublime"; the eloquence of Cæsar, the turbulence of the tribunes, were their predominant ideas. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 His usually jocund face was lugubrious and worried. The Man Who Knew Now the sky was lighted up a rosy red, so fast came on the 'jocund morn a tiptoe' over the waves. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands A bumper to the jolly Dean Who, in "Augustan" times, Made merriment for fat and lean In jocund prose and rhymes! The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) Must I, thy Bard, grow old, Bent, with the temples frore, Not jocund be nor bold, To tune for folk in May Ballad and virelay? Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II Romeo and Juliet," we read,— "Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops"; and in Shelley's "Queen Mab,"— "How wonderful is Death, Death and his brother Sleep! Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Serviss was not without imagination, and the contrast of this jocund, fearless, free young maid with the silent, constrained girl of the night before moved him to wonder. The Tyranny of the Dark One little tune—and every Acadian fiddler in Louisiana knows it—always brings back to Zoséphine the opening scene of that festive and jocund convocation. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana In the full bosomed, teeming, jocund Spring, I have seen the trees lean together and rustle their leaves in whisperings of love. Shadows of Shasta Waste not your Ink, and don't attempt to use That subtle Touch which Editors refuse; Better be jocund at two cents a word, Than, starving, court an ill-requited Muse! The Book of Humorous Verse A fair and jocund day departed, and suddenly a dark cloud mantled the heavens, and the moonless night was falling dismal and drear. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm On the top floor is a restaurant, where all lunch in a common, fraternal way, jolly and jocund, as becomes men who carry big burdens. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen With flushed faces, jocund laughter, and the incessant pop of the champagne corks, the time flew unheeded past. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi The state of jocund delight in which they were, might go far to justify Rollo in having given the invitation; Prim was beaming, and Mrs. Coles proudly exultant. The Gold of Chickaree Oh, what a fund of joy jocund lies hid in harmless hoaxes! The Book of Humorous Verse A number of women were present; and a whole bevy of jocund boys enjoyed it. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm From town and hamlet Flow the jocund thousands; with their hearty Kind impetuosity our march impeding. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works These are not the usual sounds consequent on the uprising of their fellow-slaves—a chorus of voices, in jest and jocund laughter. The Death Shot A Story Retold Thou makest me merry; I am full of pleasure: Let us be jocund: will you troll the catch You taught me but while-ere? The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] But clothed like earth in green, With jocund hearts and clean, We will take hands and go Singing where quietly blow The flowers of Spring's demesne. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems Plenty returned to abide there, and Prosperity re-appeared, leading Hope, Comfort, Peace, and Joy in her jocund train. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm The ultimate and eloquent tribute to Kilmer's rich, brave, and jocund personality is that it has raised up so moving a testament of friendship. Pipefuls His roving spirit still and his jocund voice now mute, he sleeps soundly under the sighing trees of Hollywood—that populous "city of the silent" at Richmond. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Swept clean of smuts and chimney-stacks Each roof becomes a blooming garden, And there, reclining on its backs, All day the jocund public slacks As in the thymy glades of Arden. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 At mid-day the eaves began to drip, and the hens, lifting their voices in jocund song, scratched and burrowed, careening in the dusty earth which appeared on the sunward side of the barn. A Daughter of the Middle Border It was with almost a jocund heart I turned my back on Glencoe as we took a drove-path up from the river. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Subdue the earth, and conquer fate, Outspeed the flight of time; Old earth is rich, and man is young, Nor near his jocund prime. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century In another hour than this distressed and perplexed one, our wanderers would have felt some jocund influence in a forenoon so benign and handsome. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Flowers of summer sweetly springing, Deck the dewy lap of earth; Birds of love are loudly singing, In their gay and jocund mirth. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Father was at his best, hospitable, reminiscent, jocund. A Daughter of the Middle Border Praised by Brother Fire, by whom Thou makest light for us i' the dark; and fair is he and jocund, sturdy and strong. A Child's Book of Saints The merry laugh, and the jocund tale, And the kiss 'neath the mistletoe, Make care fly as fast as the blustering gale That wreaths the new fallen snow. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century For he was riding through an air almost jocund, and his spirit sang within him. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure In another house, placed in charge of Stephen Hopkins and his bustling wife, nearly all the unmarried men were gathered, and made a hearty and soberly jocund family. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims In those grave, dauntless, austere lives the Carnival's jocund revelry was as one golden bead in a pilgrim's rosary of thorn-berries. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida But again, when she found herself with him, he was happy, and jocund, and jested with her about her friend. Kept in the Dark English skies have Puritan moods, and we may as well profit by their present jocund temper. The Daughters of Danaus And yet in his grand palatial mansion at Kensington I doubt if he was as jocund or as irrepressible as then. John Forster Surely I served thee, as the wrinkled elm Yieldeth his nature to the jocund vine, Strength unto beauty: may the flood o'erwhelm Root, trunk, and branch, if they have not been thine. Ionica In L' Allegro the morning song of the milk-maid is "blithe," and the music of the village dance is "jocund." Milton And he was as jocund a bridegroom as ever put a ring upon a lady's finger. Kept in the Dark In welcome smile the witching skies, And with a jocund train, With dancing joy-light in His eyes, God, God comes home again! A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry Even the wicked hearts of the wanderers seemed lightened by the influence of the glorious morning, and cheerily, with many a jocund song and homely jest, they pressed on their way. The Runaway The Adventures of Rodney Roverton Verily do I remember that young Tom, a jocund, pleasant, yet intrusive lad. Jacob Faithful We possess no details of the jocund advent at Cambridge, but in the medieval Scottish universities, where the name of bajan still survives, there were relics of it within recent times. Life in the Medieval University But afterwards, when my limbs, weakened by my restless labours, lay stretched in semi-death upon the bed, this poem, O jocund one, I made for thee, from which thou mayst perceive my dolour. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus The negroes—those jocund children of nature—with happy faces and plantation melodies on their lips, were preparing the ground for its grain and tobacco seed. The Kentucky Ranger A watchman stood on duty by the Sternthor, when the jocund peasant passed by. Legends of the Rhine The air well warmed up, Nature in her jocund mood, still, all leaf and sap. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers They also forbid the practice of compelling him to celebrate the jocund advent by seizing books, one or more, or by exacting anything from him. Life in the Medieval University I may see thee safe and sound, and may hear thee speak of regions, deeds, and peoples Iberian, as is thy manner; and reclining o'er thy neck shall kiss thy jocund mouth and eyes. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus This may sound jocund, but the writer testifies that it is true. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches He quickened his already jocund step to meet Miss Maitland at the intersection of their ways. White Ashes His quips, and cranks, his whims, and jollities, and jocund mischief, are but the effervescences of exuberant young life, the wild music of the mountain stream. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales In the English universities we have no trace of the "jocund advent" during the medieval period, but it is impossible to doubt that this kind of horseplay existed at Oxford and Cambridge. Life in the Medieval University O jocund light taken from thy unhappy brother! in thy one grave lies all our house, in thy one grave have perished all our joys, which thy sweet love did nurture during life. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Her. Beshrew the hour, But those were jocund times! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 He would take no thought for the morrow, he would be able to take no thought so long as he was in this jocund company. The Call of the Blood He.—My sheep, with many a ruddy streak, And bells of jocund sound, Heav'n knows, a lively music make, Which can be heard far round. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre So strong was the tradition of the "jocund advent" that it thus finds a place even in a reformer's constitution, and we find references to it elsewhere in the statutes of Parisian colleges. Life in the Medieval University Hesperus! what more jocund light is borne aloft in the heavens? The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Merrily rang the reveille as "jocund day" came riding o'er the misty mountain-tops. Under Fire Day is jocund that stands on the misty mountain tops. Journeys to Bagdad Except his want of appetite, Andrea gave no outward sign of inward agitation; with the utmost calm he puffed clouds of smoke into the air, and smiled his habitual, half-ironical smile, at his jocund companion. The Child of Pleasure An undated early code, drawn up for the Treasurer's College, orders the members to fulfil honestly their jocund advent in accordance with the advice of their fellow students. Life in the Medieval University But a stream of sunshine is let loose, and the gloom is confounded with glory; over all that night-like reign the jocund day goes dancing, and the forest revels in green or in golden light. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 It was an exquisitely sweet, liquid song, it was jocund, joyous, and it was sustained for an astonishing length of time. The Lady Paramount Along the crispéd shades and bowers Revels the spruce and jocund Spring; The Graces and the rosy-bosomed Hours Thither all their bounties bring. Milton's Comus Sure no forlorner procession ever passed down Troy river than this, awhile so jocund, mute now, irresponsive to the morning's smile, the cuckoo's blithe challenge from the cliff. The Mayor of Troy At Cornouaille, the new-comer is instructed to pay for his jocund advent neither too meanly nor with burdensome extravagance, but in accordance with his rank and his means. Life in the Medieval University And then, during the hushed midnight hours, how jocund the whoop and hollo from the heart of a sycamore—grey rock, or ivied Tower! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 His right hand clasps that of a companion angel to form an arch beneath which troop the whole jocund company. Van Dyck A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation Our song has lost the silvery thread That carolled through his jocund lips; Our laugh is mute, our smile is fled, And all our sunshine in eclipse. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:— A Poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company! The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language With this jocund companion Swift relieved the tediousness of his lonesome retirement; nor did the easy freedom which he indulged with Roger ever lead his humble friend beyond the bounds of decorum and respect. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell Mr. Cripps alone permits his Muse a gravely jocund note in his "Seasons' Comfort." Primavera Poems by Four Authors Bowers the most jocund bacchanal of all; the operator boxed over his instrument against harm and slipped out; and Shelby was left solitary with the litter and the lees. The Henchman There sits twenty-five years of equity administration; behind it, thirty years of jocund and various life. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times The whole jocund company seem to fill the place with mirth. Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation A smile made him jocund and hilarious, a frown abashed him almost to gloom. The Silent House Ye jocund Crowd, of every degree, Welcome, thrice welcome, to this place and me! The First of April Or, The Triumphs of Folly: A Poem Dedicated to a Celebrated Duchess. By the author of The Diaboliad. Yet when mischief speedily befell, it wore so curious a guise that Shelby missed its import and laughed it aside for a random fling of jocund Fate. The Henchman Thus, with jocund peals of laughter, they shortened the way, until they reached the little piece of woods in which they intended to deposit the coach. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Oft have they basked along the sunny walls, Oft have the benches bowed beneath their weight, How jocund are their looks when dinner calls! History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Old and yet young, the jocund Earth Doth speed among the spheres, Her children of imperial birth Are all the golden years. The Last Harvest Ralph had not turned to the signature, he knew the writing too well, and knew it for bright, happy jocund George Carlyon's. The Mark of the Beast For oh! to think of what we have enjoyed, In my life's prime, ere I was old and poor; Then, from the jocund morn to eve employed, My gracious master on my back I bore. Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match Let him be heartened, jocund, gay, Nor hopeless writhe on tenter-hooks,— They meet no barriers who essay The easy road of "How To" books! The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) The air was filled with the jocund jingling of sleighbells, now coming, now near at hand, now lessening into the distance, a pleasing confusion of silvery sounds, not inharmonious in their varying pitch and intensity. The Mayor of Warwick Morning by jocund morning he built up his airy dreams, as carefully as she built up her nut-brown plaits. Never-Fail Blake There was a time when, jocund as the day, The toiler hoed his row and sung his lay, Found something gleeful in the very air, And solace for his toiling everywhere. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar But, although he commends his favourite saints as being jocund and pleasant men, we are disappointed when we look for his own wit. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour In the glow of the little yellow flames Pan seemed to be piping a jocund melody. Roads from Rome O ye crowds of flowers and hues That with joy the sense confuse, Hail! and to our bosom bring Bliss and every jocund thing! Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse I wish we others all inhabited the same mysteriously jocund spiritual realm as Jock and his comrades, who come tramp-tramping to the concert-room down the corridor from the D wards. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital There is nothing more cheery and jocund than the flourishes of the horns, but also nothing more mild and soothing than the songs which sometimes they sing. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art "Glad" is from the Greek word for laughter, and the word "jocund" comes from a Latin term signifying "pleasant." History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour He lives still and is, I believe, as jocund as ever. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland Through the grass a little spring Runs with jocund murmuring; All the place rejoices; Cooling zephyrs breathe and sing With their summer voices. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Lady Maria and her guests stood upon the broad steps and welcomed the jocund crowd, as it moved by, with hospitable bows and nods and becks and wreathed smiles. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" For he too was as jocund as the day which stood tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops. The Big-Town Round-Up The town roared with a high tide of jocund life. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story There could not be another man in the Big Creek country that this description fitted as well as it did this starving, jocund dare-devil on the bed. The Sheriff's Son Pray we: here be thou still flowing, Plenty on our board bestowing, While with jocund voice we're showing How we serve thee—Jubilee! Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Great nervous irritability, and weakness, they feared of the spine, had displaced the jocund health and sweet spirits which never knew a cloud. Hills of the Shatemuc "I am sorry," she murmured perfunctorily, rising to shake hands with Miss Letchworth, whom she had always disliked as being one of those people who are jocund in the morning. The Halo Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit 0f This and That endeavor and dispute; Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit. Horace and His Influence He heard the jocund whistle of Dingwell as the cattleman came along the corridor. The Sheriff's Son Her.Beshrew the hour, But those were jocund times! Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals You wished to go to India--well, Zephyr's jocund breezes, as Catullus hath it, will waft you thither: we are flying to the bright cities of the East. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India It was so young and gay; so jocund, and so hopeful. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century Along the crisped shades and bowers Revels the spruce and jocund spring; The graces and the rosy-bosom'd hours Thither all their bounties bring. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 It circled into a draw down which tumbled a jocund little stream. The Sheriff's Son However, this Character upon the whole is mean and despicable, without any of that free spirituous jocund Humour abounding in Shakespear. An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) The next morning I was out before "jocund day stood tiptoe on the breezy mountain tops." Among the Forces But thirty is the jocund youth of character! Little Eve Edgarton And lo! for Golden Hours and Joys, Troops of glittering Golden Boys Danced along with a jocund noise, And their gilded emblems carried! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood But as I approached, so the branches beneath which they played gradually disparted, and I saw not far distant from them one sitting who evidently had these jocund boys in charge. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance Though poverty-stricken and ignorant, they are happy in family life and jocund in the field. An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript Where are now the jocund laugh, the repartee, the oft-repeated tale, the last debate? Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities And the days that followed the Senator's prohibition rally at Sweetbriar were those of carnival for jocund spring all up and down Providence Road and out over the Valley. Rose of Old Harpeth Rejoice! ye fields, rejoice! and wave with gold, When August round her precious gifts is flinging; Lo! the crushed wain is slowly homeward rolled: The sunburnt reapers jocund lays are singing. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations By the discipline of this inspiring and jocund task he was being prepared for manhood and the greater world!... Your United States Impressions of a first visit Oft did the Harvest to their Sickle yield, Their Furrow oft the stubborn Glebe has broke; How jocund did they they drive their Team afield! An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript Assuming a more jocund air, he trips from house to house announcing little strangers. A Wanderer in Holland All jocund June with palsying terror thrills; Fashion sits frozen dead with staring eyes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892 The jocund thunder wakes the enliven'd hounds, They rouse from sleep, and answer sounds for sounds. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations The captain was five feet four inches in height, round, ruddy, mellow and jocund. The Redemption of David Corson Ye rulers of the people lost in gloom, Who see no more the jocund light of day! Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series And who could guess The dulcet holiness, The lilt and gladness of those jocund feet, Unpityingly sweet? The Singing Man A Book of Songs and Shadows Beyond her dreariest ken of muffled voices, beyond her dingiest vista of slate and brick, on a far faint hillside, a far faint streak of April green went roaming jocundly skyward. The White Linen Nurse All the mischievous North Sea shall be jocund for this, before long. A Dream of the North Sea The lively jest, without any ill-nature, the artless tale, the jocund dance and frugal supper, bring on the evening; and another visit to the river concludes the actions of the day. The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences Welcome in the jocund spring Which bids all men lovers be! Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series It was a jocund morning in early summer—some five years after the events related in the last chapter. The Missing Bride Edgar came down from the Hill in the sunshine, handsome, strong, jocund as the day. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 Why, memory, cling thus to life’s jocund morning? The Christian Home He had then never been considered anything but a man of fashion; but he proved well fitted to keep secrets, to conduct plots, and to do the cruellest things in a jocund, off-hand way. France in the Nineteenth Century Her gentle voice to hear, The wild winds dared not stir; And now they breathe but sorrow, moan for moan: So many joys are flown, Such jocund days Doth Death erase with her sweet eyes! Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Beyond that edge at which she strained on tiptoe, mingled with the jocund calls to Hasten, Hasten, were deeper calls that bade her Beware. Widdershins But how changed from the Mr. Plume of yore, the jovial and jocund manager of the Gumbolt Whistle, or the florid and flowery editor of the New Leeds Clarion! Gordon Keith The House of Heth proceeded to the dining-room, where Mr. Heth kissed his daughter's cheek in jocund greeting. V. V.'s Eyes Well then make your self jocund herewith, to the end that other troubles may not so much molest and disturb you. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple Save his royal pity all else is jocund round him. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II We yearned toward its jocund disk, as in strange lands the traveler joyfully greets a face from home, which there had passed unheeded. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I They have left our hearth, and left it lonely— The old gods, that bright and jocund train. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 And yet, perhaps it is worth it, for what a jocund and pantheistic merriment possesses us when we escape from the shop! Mince Pie Here it may be plainly seen how pleasant and delightfull it is for the young woman, because her physiognomy begins to grow the longer the more frank and jocund. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple At a blow, annihilate some distant tribe, now alive and jocund—and what would we reck? Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II There slept the horn each jocund echo knew. Poems But, in the midst of the jocund measure, all stood suddenly still; the music ceased, and the whole throng hurried to the cracks in the doors, mouse-holes, and hiding-places of all sorts. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Kindest ministrant to man, Long be jocund years before you, And no meaner fortune than Helen's gracious hand to pour you! Mince Pie And none can be offended with the self-subsistency of one so catholic and jocund. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I How bravely now I live, how jocund, how near the first inheritance, without fears, how free from title-troubles! Wit Without Money The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Thus did Chichibio by his ready and jocund retort arrest impending evil, and make his peace with his master. The Decameron, Volume II Shakespeare makes Romeo describe daybreak:— “And jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.” Essays Æsthetical Wagonloads of ripe Jersey tomatoes making their way to the soup factory are a jocund sight across the river just now. Mince Pie The fly his jocund round unweaves, With choral strain the birds salute The voiceful flocks, and nothing grieves, And naught is mute. Voices for the Speechless If the mosquitoes were not so bad we would spend hours in the woods here with "God's jocund little fowls." The New North Not a word did she say of how she had mistreated him, and Solita answered her jocundly for that her lord had held his pledge with her. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories A cheek of white, suffused with crimson grain, Medoro had, in youth, a pleasing grace; Nor bound on that emprize, 'mid all the train, Was there a fairer or more jocund face. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Had you ever thought of flowers as a jocund company? How to Teach When the War came he went 'most jocund, apt, and willingly,' but without any ill-will in his heart to the Germans. Penny Plain Where is the beauteous Betsy of the Victoria Ballet? and where the jocund synagogue dignitary who led off the cotillon with her at the annual Rejoicing of the Law? Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People From the dark of their golden lids Thy singing eyes look out, Like doves in the olives hearing The shepherd's jocund shout, As he wandereth with his pipe The sunny glen about. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 537, March 10, 1832 A brown leaf shivered by, A soulless thing— My heart in quick dismay Forgot to sing— Twisted and grim it lay, Kin to the ghost-ash gray, Dead, dead—strange herald this Of jocund Spring! Fires of Driftwood Years have lightly come and gone In their jocund unison. Among the Millet and Other Poems A pair of little silver bangles, whose jocund jingling had once been happy household music to some poor Hindoo mother, have kept the necklace company. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 A lone son following a lone son, and he another--it was sad to contemplate, in that colonial beginning of days, three generations of good, Gallic blood tripping jocundly along in attenuated Indian file. The Grandissimes Green the land is where my daily Steps in jocund childhood played, Dimpled close with hill and valley, Dappled very close with shade; Summer-snow of apple-blossoms running up from glade to glade. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous While the fresh air with fragrance, Summer fills, And lifts her voice, heard jocund o'er the hills All jubilant, the waving woods display Her gorgeous gifts, magnificently gay! Poetic Sketches No more, amid the stately pile, The dance afford's delight; Nor tale, nor jocund sports beguile The silent hours of night. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 576, November 17, 1832 He goes into State Street, and, struck with the great crowds of people, asks the solemn question, "Whither are they going?"—"To the open grave!" is his jocund reply. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 Idyllic ploughmen are jocund when they drive their team afield; idyllic shepherds make bashful love under hawthorn bushes; idyllic villagers dance in the chequered shade, and refresh themselves, not immoderately, with spicy nut-brown ale. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy We append some extracts, culled at random from these jocund pages:— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 31, 1917 We have spiced our former volumes, as well as our present number, with two or three articles suitable to this jocund season; but we cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of adding "more last words." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 348, December 27, 1828 That Bowzybeus, who with jocund tongue, Ballads, and roundelays, and catches sung. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The face of the youth is jocund, the eyes wandering and wanton, as is the wont with those who are too much addicted to a taste for wine. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti But no one who has seen much of actual ploughmen thinks them jocund; no one who is well acquainted with the English peasantry can pronounce them merry. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy While the fresh air with fragrance summer fills, And lifts her voice, heard jocund o'er the hills, All jubilant the waving woods display Her gorgeous gifts, magnificently gay! Poems (1828) Laugh at the jocund bridal feast, and weep When the fair corse is laid in blessed rest, Deep, deep in mother earth. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 338, November 1, 1828 Mon Amie, with her rosy blushes, reminds me of a jocund miller's boy;—as for myself, well, I do not think the Bloomer dress so very bad, after all! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Ballad: The Practical Joker Oh what a fund of joy jocund lies hid in harmless hoaxes! Songs of a Savoyard In front of the building, was a large arbor, wherein the topers were wont to sit, and spend the jocund night away in songs and gleeful draughts of apple brandy grog. The Life of General Francis Marion Some lines of Shakespeare ran in my head, which I have always thought the most beautiful of all poetry: 'Night's candles are burned out, and jocund day Walks tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.' Prester John If you wind up the evening with grog, you will own there was never such grog; at every sip a jocund tranquillity spreads about your limbs, and sits easily in your heart. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers At last my student drew up his blind, and still in quite a jocund humour, looked abroad. Memories and Portraits She was jocund at heart; pleasure and interest had winged her beauty, and she knew it. Prince Otto, a Romance When Dr. Buckley rose to reply the next day these friends were again awaiting him with an equally jocund display of the suffrage color, and this did not add to his serenity. The Story of a Pioneer And O! to see this sunlight once before he died! to move with a jocund spirit in a golden land! to hear the trained singers and sweet church bells, and see the holiday gardens! Merry Men Ye that love the moon’s soft light, Hither—hither wend your way; Twine ye in the jocund ring, Sing and trip it merrily, Hand to hand, and wing to wing, Round the wild witch-hazel tree. The Culprit Fay and Other Poems Greedily she ingorged without restraint, And knew not eating death: Satiate at length, And hightened as with wine, jocund and boon, Thus to herself she pleasingly began. Paradise Lost Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit Of This and That endeavor and dispute; Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam And I hope 'twill be a jocund wedding for ye in all respects this time. Jude the Obscure Pietro was in his most jocund mood that morning, jauntily swinging his cane, joking about the Rialto as they crossed it, and talking a great deal about London and Paris. Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon A large part of the epigrams, however, were of the 'tame' variety, that is, stingless outgivings of a jocund humor, or grave pronunciamentos upon religion, philosophy, art and so forth. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller In play or in pastime so jocund, so merry? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 And yet there is scarce any nation of a more jocund converse, or that is less sensible of the misery of old age, than they are. The Praise of Folly Although we wore the mask of jocund faces and straightforward glance, we little people repeatedly proclaimed ourselves the victims of Adam's fall. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life "Join the jocund dance?" the major had inquired, with a jerk of the head towards the Hôtel des Indes. Roden's Corner On the contrary: the sun rose jocund, with a July face. Villette The rising Lark I could but hear; And jocund seem'd the song to be: But sweeter sounded in my ear, 'Will Dolly still be true to me!' Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs In short, it makes every man the more jocund and acceptable to himself, which is the chiefest point of felicity. The Praise of Folly Nevertheless, if externals occupy thy contemplation, smiling countenances will greet thy presence; happy faces will express the interest they have in thy welfare; jocund beings will make thee participate in their placid feelings. The System of Nature, Volume 2 "On, on ye jocund twain" was rejected by the "Century" editor as being personal merely. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy All the way back, in the boat, and on the street, to the very door of my apartments, instead of her jocund "Good morning, sir," I had nothing but my di. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok She did not flush or start, but regarded abstractedly the jocund Cupids. The Pagans Now with a heart uplifted and a-fire I come to greet you and to catch the gleam Of jocund Nereids tossing in the air The sportive tresses of their amber hair. The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch There were mornings "proud and sweet," when the humblest imagination could have pictured Aurora and her train in the jocund clouds that trooped along the sky,—wind-built processions which the wind dispersed. The Desert and the Sown Soon, too soon, my jocund slave, You'll deck your master's grassy grave; And there's an end—for ah, you know They drink but little wine below! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes For if you live joyful, merry, jocund, and glad, I cannot be but rich enough. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 In it the host proceeded to brew a potent and steaming mixture, whose fragrance must have delighted the jocund gods of jollity and laughter. The Pagans Stay here, you lively, jovial, handsome, brisk, Gay, witty, frolic, cheerful, merry, frisk, Spruce, jocund, courteous, furtherers of trades, And, in a word, all worthy gentle blades. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 As for the passengers in the cabin, who now so jocund as they? drawing nigh, with their long purses and goodly portmanteaus to the promised land, without fear of fate. Redburn. His First Voyage But the jocund atmosphere of their talk seemed unfit for such a grave allusion and he repressed the sally. A Fountain Sealed And my wife will be jocund, feat, compt, neat, quaint, dainty, trim, tricked up, brisk, smirk, and smug, even as a pretty little Cornish chough. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Then Mrs. Gamme had an opportunity of dealing with her diamond rings, and the rest danced—a waltz of whirling grace, or merry cotillon of jocund bouquets. Endymion A clear, jocund sound, a mere thread of music, as from the pipe of some hidden faun, penetrated the room. The Nest Builder Even in his cynical moods, his very cynicism has in it the ring of a jocund music,—the laugh of Figaro, not of Mephistopheles. The Parisians — Complete Well," said Sir Basil, recognizing her jocund intention, "she's welcome to try. A Fountain Sealed Even in his cynical moods, his very cynicism has in it the ring of a jocund music,— the laugh of Figaro, not of Mephistopheles. The Parisians — Volume 01 There was one spirit there whom envy had soured, one whom the happiness of another had made miserable, one whose heart beat in no unison with these jocund sounds. The Three Clerks Their journey to the city, on the little, gritty, perpetually stopping train was made jocund by the lively anticipations of Stefan, who was in a mood of high confidence. The Nest Builder His voice is the jocund and inspiring voice of a spring morning. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton And again: Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. On Nothing and Kindred Subjects The experienced performer who acted the heroines now came forward and disported most jocundly. Coningsby What jocund friendships were made, what songs and tales applauded, during those interminable hours in the lumbering chaise! Old Calabria The tone, which is at once jocund and keen, is one of Pound's qualities. Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry And when the jocund Spring came in, He crowned the wedded pair. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund Day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain top. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The stillness was almost supernatural; the jocund sounds of day had died, and the voices of the night had not commenced. Coningsby Christmas, too, was bent on amusing himself, and he was so lusty and jocund, and the toy jangled and clattered so cheerfully that neither Tom nor myself could bestow much attention to the birds. My Tropic Isle Over the heath, over the moor, and over the dale, ������"Swinging slow with sullen roar," Dance, dance away the jocund roundelay! The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas No merry whistle wakes the day, Nor evening rings with jocund play. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. At first, unhappy one, with jocund heart He prayed, rejoicing in his brave attire; But when from the good oak logs and the flesh Of victims slain, the bloody flame leaped forth. Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles The spirit of the jocund morn quite carried her away, and all unthinkingly she bounded out into the room and, stood there with a smile of sheer delight upon her face. Dr. Heidenhoff's Process Here was a rustic bridge spanning the jocund brook; there a willow-bordered pond, the home of gold and silver fish. Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain Hark! how the merry bells ring jocund round, And now they die upon the veering breeze ����Anon they thunder loud ����Full on the musing ear. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas The bells of Bideford church cannot help breaking forth into a jocund peal. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction So ended for me an evening more jocund than I have had the good grace to admit. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 1, 1919 Harke how the generall noise doth welcome from the Parthian wars; each spirit's jocund, fraught with glee, then wrong not thine with this dull meditation. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 How blest art thou, still jocund and serene, Beneath the load of business, and of years! Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company. De La Salle Fifth Reader Here is another, not so riotous and jocund in spirit, but in its own way hardly less satisfying. A Wanderer in Florence Each tickled with some laugh-inspiring notion, Behold the jocund party all in motion: Some by a rattling buggy are befriended, Some mount the cart—but not to be suspended. Poems It is also not seasonable, or civil, to be jocund in this way with those who desire to be serious, and like not the humour. Sermons on Evil-Speaking Still—still the jocund strain shall flow, The pulse with vig'rous rapture beat; My Stella with new charms shall glow, And ev'ry bliss in wine shall meet. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes The activity, resources, gayety, and confidence of the authorities and people, recalled to his mind, Oxford, the jocund capital of Charles II and the royalists, while the Commonwealth leaders were drilling their armies. The Iron Game A Tale of the War But it was merely the gentlemanliness of the man, who was jocund with no one but his intimate friends, and never fierce except with rascals, as I observed on one or two occasions. Memories of Hawthorne Alas! many a day that has had a rosy morn, sweet with the breath of flowers and jocund with the voice of birds, has been dark with clouds and flashing angry lightnings ere noon. From Wealth to Poverty Pericard's really nourishing soup, he became quite jocund in his glee. The Children's Pilgrimage Let musick sound the voice of joy, Or mirth repeat the jocund tale; Let love his wanton wiles employ, And o'er the season wine prevail. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes Open the doors—the shops—on dreary night Let lusty day laugh down in jocund light! The Poems of Schiller — Third period With jocund and more social aim The minstrel's lyre their awe awoke, Telling of Titans, and of giant's frays And lion-slayers, turning, as he spoke, Even into heroes those who heard his lays. The Poems of Schiller — Second period Oh, might I now, on my nimble steed bounding, Join with the jocund, the frolicsome train. Mary Stuart Tumultuous sounds Of music, dance, and jocund revelry Ring from the walls of the illumined palace. Don Carlos Oft did the doubtful to their balance yield, Their evidence arithmetic could choke: How jocund were they that to them appealed! The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe Day's lustrous eyes grow heavy in sweet death, And pale and paler wane his jocund hues, The flowers too gentle for his glowing breath, Ope their frank beauty to the twilight dews. The Poems of Schiller — Third period The manager of the place, an amiable, jocund descendant of Lazarus, approached me. A Fool and His Money With laughing lip and with jocund mind at break of day. Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete There was a parlour in which my father lived, shut up among big books; but I passed my most jocund hours in the kitchen, making innocent love to the bailiff's daughter. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Here cam'st thou in thy jocund youthful time, Here was thine height of strength, thy golden prime! Love's Pilgrimage Again the weather was perfect, but the years and professional cares had done their fatal work, and our lagging spirits refused to respond to the jocund call of the day. Many Kingdoms And Love can quench Life's Light, my dear, Drear, dark, and melancholy; Seek Light and Life and jocund cheer, And mirth and pleasing folly. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume A school of dolphins leaped and gamboled, showing their curved backs to the sun in sudden glimpses; a vast family; merry, social, jocund, abandoned to happiness. Caesar's Column So, unwitting, jocund, and innocent, fresh and pure as the morning, she paced over the green lawn, going in the direction of that youth, even Naysi, son of Usna the Ultonian. The Coming of Cuculain That I do," said his companion; "and a merry, studious, jocund, lazy, cowardly and brave little fellow he was. The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence Toward the last, a few are blithe and jocund, but they are the exceptions. Chopin : the Man and His Music The gay and the jocund laugh was hushed, and the notes that told of festive mirth were silenced. Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us Those particles alone—there was something ambiguous, something almost disreputable, in their jocund pliability, their readiness to lend themselves to improper uses. South Wind The bird starts up with the same flirt of the wings, and calls out in the same jocund, salutatory way, as he hastens off. Winter Sunshine That our arms— Engaged to thwart Napoleon's tyranny Over the jaunty, jocund land of Spain Even to the highest apex of our strength— Are rayed with victory! The Dynasts Again I laughed, feeling, as the poet did with the daffodils, that one could not but be gay in such a jocund company. Simon the Jester Well, I perceiving all this, took upon me not to suspect anything, but was still jocund and merry, howbeit I knew it stood me upon to shift for myself. Voyager's Tales It would be hazardous to assert of him, as Herrick asserted of himself that though his "Muse was jocund, life was chaste;" inasmuch as his name occurs in one unfortunate connexion full of suspiciousness. Chaucer In the distance the river looked blue; the spring freshets at last over, the ground settled, the jocund season steps forth into April with a bright and confident look. Winter Sunshine It was a sweet and jocund air, such as would make young people prone to run and skip. The Duke's Children To make one tenant of the merry wood, To list their jocund music! The Love-chase The Metal Babes building like crystals from hearts of radiance beneath the play of jocund orbs! The Metal Monster Next comes a jocund and discursive preamble, calculated to show what a good education the Lecturer has. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 6: Artemus Ward's Panorama But five minutes elapsing, and he not killed, that weakness gave way to a jocund recklessness; and he kept them all gay with his quaint remarks, of which I must record but one. Hard Cash There seemed to be something in his father's manner more than ordinarily jocund and good-humoured. The Duke's Children As for Harriet, she and her lover were married in due time; but by all account her life was no jocund one. Life's Little Ironies At dawn my heart grew heavy, I could not sip the wine, I left the jocund bevy And that young man o' mine. Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses The forest of old Virginia was jocund and powerful, eternally young and eternally old. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings The sound of cowbells came irregularly to the ear, and the voices and sounds of the haying fields had a jocund, thrilling effect on the ear of the city dweller. Main-Travelled Roads Of Cadmus he would fair have sung, Of Atreus and his line; But all the jocund echoes rung With songs of love and wine. A Mortal Antipathy: first opening of the new portfolio As for my children, they, jocund in youth, delight in present existence. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 The reviving day, laughing jocundly through his lattice, dispelled all the fears and superstitions that belong to night. Zanoni The horn bids the echoes Awake as we go, And nature is jocund With hark!—tally-ho! Poems The voices of the children sounded soft and jocund across the road. Main-Travelled Roads My Father used to watch this performance from an upper window, and, in moments of high facetiousness, he was wont to parody the poet Gray: How jocund doth George drive his team afield! Father and Son: a study of two temperaments This jocund spirit, however, was doomed to be short-lived. Put Yourself in His Place And down the beach he comes, jocund and debonair in his finery, albeit something pale by reason of excess and my rapier work. Black Bartlemy's Treasure With that armada gay Be laughter loud, and jocund shout— —But with that skill Abides the minstrel tale. The Pioneers On this occasion all the gentlemen assembled were jocund in their manner, and apparently well satisfied,—as though they saw before them an end to all their troubles. The Prime Minister Hark! how jocund Plymouth bells, Wandering up through mazy dells, Call me down, with smiles to hail, My daring Drake's returning sail.' Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Darkened and silenced home, with the light and sounds of the jocund day all around it. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English The jocund morning was in their hearts, and brought with it an augury of success based on nothing so humdrum or tangible as reason. Bucky O'Connor It is her jocund nature to scatter flowers, like Spring. Majorie Daw Cabs now and then skimmed past like white-winged gulls over a moonlit ocean; and less frequent motor-cars—sustaining the comparison—hissed through the foaming waves like submarine boats on their jocund, perilous journeys. Options Who has not welcomed, even as we, That jocund minstrel and his lays Beside the idle summer sea And in the vacant summer days? Poems There, the garlands wreathed around the columns of the hall—there, gleamed still and frequent the marble statue—there, amidst peals of jocund laughter, rose the music and the lay. Last Days of Pompeii Let us be jocund: will you troll the catch You taught me but while-ere? The Tempest As gentle and as jocund as to jest Go I to fight: truth hath a quiet breast. King Richard II Thou sway'st thy sceptred beam O'er all delight and dream, Beauty is beautiful but in thy glance: And like a jocund maid In garland-flowers arrayed, Before thy ark Earth keeps her sacred dance. New Poems Ornament—strange as the doctrine sounds in a world decivilized—was in the beginning intended to be something jocund; and jocundity was never to be achieved but by postponement, deference, and modesty. Essays No more for thee the laughter and the song, The jocund night—the glory of the day! Last Days of Pompeii The hunter's horn might wind a jocund ring, But held in ear it had a chilly clang. Poems — Volume 3 Dear child! how radiant on thy mother's knee, With merry-making eyes and jocund smiles, Thou gazest at the painted tiles, Whose figures grace, With many a grotesque form and face. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I remember I said before my leaves sprang at all, I would raise my voice jocund and strong with reference to consummations. Leaves of Grass Ornament—strange as the doctrine sounds in a world decivilised—was in the beginning intended to be something jocund; and jocundity was never to be achieved but by postponement, deference, and modesty. The Rhythm of Life On the other hand, nine persons either could form no opinion or were entirely wrong, answering, "cunning leer," "jocund," "looking at an intense light," "looking at a distant object," &c. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals For jealous Age, whose face I would forget, Pulls the bright flowers you bring me from my hair And powders it with snow; and yet — and yet I love your dancing feet and jocund air. The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee, For thee the jocund shepherds wait; O Singer of Persephone! Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde And I, most jocund, apt, and willingly, To do you rest, a thousand deaths would die. Twelfth Night; or What You Will Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee,For thee the jocund shepherds wait;O Singer of Persephone!Dost thou remember Sicily? Ballad of Reading Gaol Familiar, still unseized, the forest sprangAn old-world echo, like no mortal thing.The hunter’s horn might wind a jocund ring,But held in ear it had a chilly clang. A Reading of Life, Other Poems |
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