| 单词 | lightsome |
| 例句 | Re-imagining Benny Goodman,” Mr. Etkin, a Israeli clarinetist with a lightsome disposition, pays a contemporary homage to the artist known in his day as the King of Swing. Jazz Listings for Oct. 30-Nov. 5 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z This, along with Joe's lightsome delivery and comportment, makes enough of an impression to cement his presence in scenes even when Emmett is only present in spirit and memory. "Women of the Movement," though imperfect, gives life to Emmett Till's story 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z During the second act, I worried — though worry is too strong a word — that maybe this production had become too funny, too lightsome. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z As Allen put it, Douglass “touches chords . . . which vibrate music now sweet, now sad, now lightsome, now solemn, now startling, now grand, now majestic, now sublime.” Review | An abolitionist’s hope meets a president’s hypocrisy 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Happy were I if I could stay like you in hope, and lead the pleasant summer life, beneath the lightsome looks of her whom I love best. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z Singing and dancing like the lightsome, joyous people they are, the couples hasten to the altar without more ado. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z In a word, tasting the full relief of emancipation, I became so gay and lightsome that even the smoke and din of London, when I re-entered it, failed to subdue the unusual humour. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z In their themes, and in the treatment of these, they are what they were intended to be, the direct opposites of the lightsome adapter of Menander. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Raising his deep-set but lightsome eyes from a perfect thicket of lashes, he gave the impertinent one look which reminded me of Van Amburgh in the lion's den. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z On the sidewalks were thick throngs of brightly dressed women looking into the windows of the shops, where were displayed brilliant parasols and trim yachting costumes and summer stuffs in lightsome colors. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z With Nick the Weaver on a moonlit bank I have waited for Titania and Puck and all that lightsome crew. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z She could never take a lightsome view of life and let it carry her along. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Avignon is in general a very well built City, the Streets being broad, strait and lightsome. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-09T03:00:26.543Z The passage was very narrow, but 39 lightsome, for a door was open at the end, peeping into a lawny kind of yard. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z As the leaf upon the tree, Fluttering, gleaming constantly, Such a lightsome thing was she, My gay and gentle Isabel! Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z The Houses at Stutgard are generally ill built, yet as the Streets are broad and lightsome, the Town is very gay. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z While she danced she riveted the attention of all the spectators, their gaze followed the sinuous swayings of her body, in their expression now of glowing passion, now of lightsome playfulness. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z The great Chapel is very fine, and would be much more so, if it was more lightsome. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-09T03:00:26.543Z It leads to the great Hall, which is really magnificent, but not very lightsome. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z The Streets of Augsbourg are broad, strait and lightsome; the Houses well built, and many of 'em full of Paintings. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z I had the Curiosity to go and see those Dungeons, which are all very lightsome and kept very neat; and in spite of the Proverb, they may be said to be very fine Prisons. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z It was by her mournful second name, or rather by its lightsome diminutive, Lola, that she was ever afterwards known. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Does Cynthia, when to western skies arriv'd, Spend her sweet beam upon the barren main, And ne'er illume with midnight splendor, she, The natives dancing on the lightsome green?— The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z What a lightsome, harmless, innocent, mad, wanton, reckless thing he had done, and what a turmoil he had loosed! The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z The great Hall which is an oval, is beautiful, but not lightsome enough. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z They had not counted on so early a breakfast; so it was with lightsome hearts they performed the rest of their journey. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The place certainly calls for a lightsome capricious figure, but the solemn Boston mind declared that anything but a solemn figure would be desecration. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Budding age made gay Our lightsome feet, and on the flowery slopes We wandered daily, gathering flowers to weave In careless garlands for our locks, and passed The days in innocent gladness. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z The four mounted by broad stairs to the third story, and entered a small, lightsome chamber, neatly furnished. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z The City is pretty large, fortify'd with Art and Regularity; and very lightsome. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z More frequently we saw little except the more lightsome traits of what was then a very primitive savage life, and the barbarous folk treated us kindly. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z His complexion was clear and ruddy, and the expression of his face, at the time, lightsome and cheerful. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z The Christmas Examinations drew within sight, and hand in hand with the preparation for them another and a more lightsome preoccupation engaged the School. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z From the hall you ascend by a handsome staircase to the library, p. 533a large and lightsome room, well stored with books in various languages. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Yea verily, for the lightsome butterfly may flit to rest upon the crimson carnation, but I, clumsy bumpkin that I am, how can I rest myself without tarnishing the living whiteness that is you? The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Hanging tables, beautiful crystal, brackets, and artificial flowers gave a look that was both lightsome and gay. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z The school was situated close to the parsonage, a lane only intervening, and it was commodious and lightsome. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z It was lightsome and comfortable, and he had books to read, and a small, cheerful fire. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z “There dwells the chief we all extol In timber house on lightsome knoll.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z It was an old acquaintance, we had skated together as children, played at bakers—we were almost comrades—then I went to the dingy, dirty Cheder, and he, to the free, lightsome "gymnasium." Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Kindelon found Pauline in a very lightsome and animated state of mind when he called at her house that evening. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z You ain't married for sure, for your face is too lightsome for that of a married man. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z “To the far off scenes of our youthful dreams With a lightsome heart we go; On the willing hack, or the charger’s back, Or the weary camel slow.” The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Perfect grace accompanied all her movements, and one only wondered that feet so small as those she possessed should have the power of sustaining a form which, though lightsome, was yet rounded in its proportions. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z These render the appetite sharp, the digestion easy, the body lightsome, and the temper cheerful, with sweet sleep and pleasant dreams. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z He had a tripping, lightsome mode of speech, that somehow suited the jaunty upward sweep of his white mustache. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z “Genial converse, harmless books, smiles, lightsome hearts, all are banished.” The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The Troubles are still flying around the world, but we have that lovely and lightsome fairy, Hope, to cure their stings and make the world new for us. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z He prefers his cavern-like habitation, with small square holes for windows, and an iron grating instead of glass, to the spacious and lightsome palaces built by the French and English colonists. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z If, after exercise, we feed sparingly, the digestion will be easy and good, the body lightsome, the temper cheerful, and all the animal functions performed agreeably. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Children leaped forward, and old people unconsciously assumed a lightsome vigour. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z During these past three days I have missed Tom's cheery song, and I am beginning to wonder if the gloomy weather has chilled his lightsome heart and silenced the chords of his tuneful throat. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z To all of this I most heartily agreed, and I was more happy and lightsome than a butterfly. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z A lightsome dawn to hear her wail Her brother sworn, her King who came To Ilion with his thousand sail, And swords, and flame! The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z It was a bonny tongue; oh, seems to me so sparkling-gay and lightsome; just the tongue for a child like me, if the child had not been so sad always. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z In his death-struggle with the waves, unto a leaflet green he clung which floated on the tide, and with a lightsome bound he sprang upon its upturned side. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z "You don't understand," said Billy, in his lightsome whisper. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z For once the sedate, studious youth had assumed a gay and lightsome manner, which completely changed his appearance. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z But he was a lightsome swaggerer, a reckless, devil-me-care, good-natured sort of bully. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z But blue be their sky awhile, and lightsome all their chat, and frolicsome their humors. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z As we passed among the gay and lightsome shrines Jennie happened to pause under this window. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Come, lassie," he cried, with a lightsome skip of the foot—for, indeed, the man could not keep still a moment—"come awa'! Deep Moat Grange Once more she carried herself with the old lightsome grace. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 And suddenly he is conscious of a strange, lightsome, inward calm, and there is a delicious sensation in his limbs. Yiddish Tales "Then I shall rest easy," she returned, and retreated with a lightsome air toward the house. X Y Z A Detective Story There dwells the chief we all extol In timber house on lightsome knoll; Upon four wooden columns proud Mounteth his mansion to the cloud. The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition Looking up, she met his eye fixed admiringly upon her, and all that was merry, lightsome and gay within her, leaped at once to the surface. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Overhead, the guests may look down into the green waters and watch the bathers spring from the diving-boards or cavort about like young dolphins, tritons, or lightsome naiads. Seeds of Pine Anyhow it was something good, very good, for everyone in the street was glad of it, one could see that by their faces, which were more lightsome and gay. Yiddish Tales A lightsome eye, a soldier's mien, A feather of the blue, A doublet of the Lincoln green— No more of me you knew My Love! The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes Now Simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlets plays; Come, let us spend the lightsome days In the birks of Aberfeldy. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History In the more delicate and lightsome passages, Corbett's admirers declare he shines supreme; yet, after all, is he as funny as Terry McGovern? The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 Here, all was dark, cold, and dreary; there, everything was lightsome, cheerful, and elegant. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II But how happy was Yitzchok-Yossel those lightsome days and merry nights? Yiddish Tales Fleet was the mountain-girl—and Ranald, as he ever and anon looked back to wave her on, with pride admired her lightsome motion as she bounded along the snow. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Even in his most lightsome efforts, such as the ribbon-backed chair, construction is always the first consideration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" If the rooms are large, the house may be small: a single room, lofty, spacious, and lightsome, is more palatial than a castleful of cabinets and cupboards. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Mere poverty, starvation itself, even, may be lightsome things, by comparison with the fetid misery which surrounded me during the major part of those two years. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography And her thoughts fitted as oddly with her piquant, lightsome, cynical youth as the gloomily patriotic ones of the Storm Centre did with his youth, which was robust and boyish and swashbuckling. The Missourian Her heart became as lightsome, her manner as careless, as those of a little child, that, thoughtless of its own life or death, trusts all responsibility to its parents. Shirley The Barnriff men were rarely lightsome, and when they disported themselves it was generally with a sombre sort of joy. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The charm of scented streets, the sedatives of shopping, the joy of lightsome fritters, these things, combined with the job, the unearned cheque and the fear of losing both, made her ghastly. The Paliser case The next minute the widow was capering away to a most 'lightsome' air—hands across—cast off—down the middle, and up again. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. “The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls, ... the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes.” Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise We become physically nimble and lightsome; we tread on air; life is no longer irksome, and we think it will never be so. Nature She spoke; the other slipped adown the lightsome air of heaven, With wrapping cloak of mirky cloud about her body driven. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse The morning dawned, merry and clear, and lightsome; and all the face of nature smiled gladly in the merry sunbeams. Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 Seeing a commodious shieling on the braeface, the young men entered, and one of them, with the object of driving dull care away, struck up a lightsome tune on his pipes. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The night came, the twilight had faded out, and the little figure, too, had vanished, leaving that one breast desolate, save when a lightsome shadow flitted across its ever-verdant memory. The Elm Tree Tales Andrew Henry half turned: "'When April nods, with lightsome smiles And Violets all a-flower; Her willful mood may turn to tears Full twice within an hour.'" A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Joe was of a cheerful spirit, notwithstanding his infirmities, and he foresaw lightsome days. Phoebe, Junior And Faith's step grew rather slower and less lightsome as she neared home, and when she got home she went straight up to her room without turning to the right or the left. Say and Seal, Volume I In the presence of such a wreck of human happiness, perhaps of human hope, what person of any sensibility could maintain a lightsome mood? The Busted Ex-Texan and Other Stories How often do their lightsome, inspiriting carollings ring out upon the morning air, persuasively calling us from our couches to listen in delight to Nature's minstrelsy! Music and Some Highly Musical People In they turned, one and all; the young and lightsome, with no irreverent pause, the aged and decrepit, with a sensible alacrity: 'twas the Grand Rabbi's abode, in short. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning "I listened till I had my fill," and returned the favor, as best I could, by hoping that the little wayfarer's lightsome mood would not fail him, all the way to Guatemala and back again. Birds in the Bush Secretly she was delighted at her friend's lightsome mood. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore I confess that I rarely see them until they have put a day's work behind them; and they may be more lightsome when they start in the morning, at five o'clock or soon after it. Change in the Village You, reigning through beauty, shimmering lightsome race, lightly you offer to barter for stone towers woman's loveliness. The Wagnerian Romances Now Sarah walked down to call on the bride, and came home full of admiration at the place being so lightsome and cheerful. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster What impressed every one, most of all Charles Frohman, was the extraordinary ease with which she fairly leaped from lightsome comedy to deep and haunting pathos. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Mrs. Ritson was a grave and earnest woman, a saintly soul, and Greta's lightsome spirit had always felt rebuked in her presence. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time "Andy's winning!" shouted Grace, who had quickly made distant acquaintance with the lightsome runner. The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening So, with lightsome hearts, and the happy consciousness of being usefully employed,—in their own behalf, at least, if not for our beloved country,—these good old gentlemen went through the various formalities of office. The Scarlet Letter "Loud was the lightsome tumult on the shore,"— Stanza lxxxi. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 She did cast us, long ago, for a lightsome comedy, and lo! 'tis to be a tragedy instead! Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine Then, away with it, and let us have a more lightsome spring. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk In her veins the dance of youth tripped a lightsome measure. There was a King in Egypt She has the invincible gift of youth, of lightsome, winsome, 344buoyant youth. The Dew of Their Youth "I think he will cut off your head," she exclaimed, and Triboulet turned yellow; but a few moments later took heart, the duchess was so lightsome. Under the Rose The cross aisle of this church is the most beautiful and lightsome of any I have yet beheld. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum "You won't find life so lightsome when his eagle eye discovers you." Miss Pat at School Though she could not boast of being quite recovered, she was soon able to report to Imlay, “I am so lightsome, that I think it will not go badly with me.” Mary Wollstonecraft The spirit of youth and lightsome joy permeates this story of pure, exulting womanhood. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure Up, every son of Afric soil, Ye worn and weary, hoist the sail, For your own glebes and garners toil With easy plough and lightsome flail. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 A lightsome eye, a soldier's mien, A feather of the blue, A doublet of the Lincoln green,— No more of me you knew, My love! English Songs and Ballads A bless'd, a lightsome hour was that, And joyful were we to see The sunny face of ilk bonnie brat, So full of frolicsome glee. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The lightsome to the heavy heart, The laugh changed to the sigh; To live from all we love apart— Oh! this is slavery. The Liberty Minstrel With which the philanthropist moved away less lightsome than he had come, leaving the discomfited misanthrope to the solitude he held so sapient. The Confidence-Man Returned by another path, of the width of a wagon, passing through a grove of hard wood, the lightsome hues of which make the walk more cheerful than among the pines. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Why blaze, ye bright benignant beaming star, Guiding the homebound seaman from afar, Lighting the outbound wand’rer on his way, With all the lightsome perspicuity of day? The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The interval which elapsed before the day =187=nominated could not have been very lightsome for the unfortunate agent for the Massachusetts Bay. Benjamin Franklin If any one thinks that elephant hunting is an occasion for lightsome merrymaking he had better not meet the African elephant in the rough. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country His skin was clear white and red, his body lightsome and free; and when he returned into the hall, he found, instead of his own, a suit the magnificence of which astonished him. The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales Considerable tact is conspicuous everywhere; but none more unequivocally displayed than in the lightsome little Dining Room, contrasted with the gloomy, yet superior grace of the Library, p. 10into which it opens. The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales" In Britain, and Britain only, thy name is not heard; thou hast assum'd a new Form, and the heaviest Labours are lightsome under those mild Skies! The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Beneath, the scene was open and lightsome, and the robin redbreast was chirping his best, to atone for the absence of all other choristers. St. Ronan's Well Oh for some more brave Trollope; who I am sure conceals a much profounder observation than these Dreadful Denners of Romance under his lightsome and sketchy touch, as Gainboro compared to Denner. p. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II This objection to his passion the lightsome Alphonse waived aside with a perfectly gloved little hand. Dross But the child passed, with a lightsome heart, Where never had lodged a poisonous dart, While he fluttered about, as butterflies will, Sipping of honey and dew his fill. Pages for Laughing Eyes He hadn't a sermon in his barrel—as it happened—of any lightsome character, so he had to preach a very grave one—a very serious one—and it made the matter worse. Chapters from My Autobiography Now to have a form and to impress this form upon something else is more than merely to have the form; as to be lightsome and to enlighten is more than merely to be lightsome. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition As the horses kept onward he held with delight her lightsome body, with her miraculous tresses entwining him as she slumbered. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life So he rang off jauntily, fancying that Julian Bayne's presence was much desired at some house-party or romantic elopement, or other lightsome diversion in the upper country. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee It was a narrow room, very bright and lightsome, with its white counterpane, white bed curtains, and white veil over the looking-glass to keep it from the flies. The Eternal City Tall, smooth-faced, and fair, he walked with the long step and lightsome grace of the athletic young Englishman of his day. A Maker of History "But the gay beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins grey." The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway A lightsome eye, a soldier's mien, A feather of the blue, A doublet of the Lincoln green— No more of me you knew, My Love! The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language In the wooing of Lady Anne there was both heart and passion, but the mood was that of lightsome duplicity. Shadows of the Stage When I think on the lightsome days I spent wi’ thee my dearie; And now what seas between us roar— How can I be but eerie? The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham A lightsome eye, a soldier's mien, A feather of the blue, A doublet of the Lincoln green, No more of me ye knew, my love! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century When I think on the lightsome days I spent wi' thee, my dearie, And now that seas between us roar, How can I be but eerie! Robert Burns How To Know Him He foresaw that he should leave this cheerful earth, the lightsome sky, and thy love, Perdita; yet he neither hesitated or turned back, going right onward to his mark of fame. The Last Man He actually addresses a remonstrance to Scotsmen for having soured the disposition of their ghosts and fairies, and his reconstructions of the ancient fairyland are certainly full of lightsome and pleasing passages. Among Famous Books You enter without passage into a cheerful dining-room, all studded over and rough with old Books, and above is a lightsome Drawing-room 3 windows, full of choice prints. Charles Lamb This line at first read: "With the lightsome," etc. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. Therefore they are lightsome: and yet they would not be so, if they had no reasonable cause. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition It was a child singing a merry, lightsome air; there was no other sound. The Last Man Their manners were natural, cordial, and full of a lightsome heartness that robed accost with sunshine,—a quietude withal—that rare quality —that irked them not at all—one gathered from their Indian kin-folk. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba But to the average hand, wearied by heavy tools, the lightsome goose quill, committing its owner to dubious spelling and clumsy penmanship, and exposing the interior of his intellect, was a dreaded thing. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy "But an advantage compensated on the other hand by the elusiveness of its lightsome spirit, its grace so easily lost," said a poet who wrote songs for the pleasure of the Court. Atmâ A Romance Yet, as ever among Celts, these shadows had edges of the lightsome. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. Who has not seen the lightsome earth, the balmy atmosphere, and basking nature become dark, cold and ungenial, when the sleeping wind has awoke in the east? The Last Man A lightsome eye, a soldier's mien, A feather of the blue, A doublet of the Lincoln green— No more of me you knew, My love! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation So the young men chatted on in lightsome fashion, and Cuthbert, who listened to every word, could not gather that the smallest uneasiness had penetrated the minds of those who moved in these high places. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot So lightsome and expansive is Manetho's heart, the hollow hemisphere of heaven seems none too roomy for it! Idolatry A Romance Culture in Moss-fibre.—The lightsome charm of Narcissi and Daffodils is never seen to greater advantage than when these are grown in bowls of fibre for the decoration of rooms. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition To the younger writer is due a simple but direct irony, as well as a lightsome and laughing desire to point a moral when occasion serves. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. She thought upon her ain guidman, Her lightsome laddies three; The woman's words had pierced her heart,— "They are dear fish to me!" The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation The lightsome devil who had ruled him up to his meeting with Mrs. Rosscott resumed its sway with terrible force. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary On the other hand, there is evidence of a lightsome, joyous, and even frolic spirit as pervading numbers, especially among the lower classes of the Egyptians. Ancient Egypt The task of gathering old traditionary song is surely a pleasant and a lightsome one. Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 M.K., sprightly and lightsome, yet sensible; she saw plainly that the converted alone should come to the Table, but stumbled at the question, If she were converted? The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne The lightsome tramp of the deer he'll mark, As they troop in herds along; And his rifle startles the cheerful lark, As she carols his morning song. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 He stood a moment, lingering in the pleasant, lightsome warmth, as if loath to quit it, then took his little boys in either hand and went away. The Laurel Bush Her face is like the May time, Her voice is like the bird's; The sweetest of all music Is in her lightsome words. McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader Quick from his hand he throws the cumb'rous flail, And leaps with lightsome limbs th' enclosing pale. Poems, &c. (1790) Wherein It Is Attempted To Describe Certain Views Of Nature And Of Rustic Manners; And Also, To Point Out, In Some Instances, The Different Influence Which The Same Circumstances Produce On Different Characters Wild Winter’s snows Make way for bounteous Summer’s flowery tread, And Night’s sad orb retires for lightsome Day With his white steeds to illumine the glad sky. The Seven Plays in English Verse And thou with leaps of lightsome mood Didst bark eternal gratitude And seek my feelings to assail With agitations of the tail. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 Fuller's Church History of Britain, one of the best and most lightsome books in our language, was published in 1655-6. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 In the presence of lightsome talk poor Oswald was just a chill. Ma Pettengill The picture was a weird, uncanny one, despite the gay, lightsome appearance of the visitors. Truxton King A Story of Graustark All nature seemed glad—cruelly, mockingly, insensately glad—lightsome, jubilant. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance But one little cloud, transient as Peyrot's, passed across his lightsome countenance. Helmet of Navarre And with that he trudged away humming a lightsome tune. The Pilots of Pomona "The rest of the poem runs thus:— "'And said I, Though dark is falling, And far the camp must be, Yet my heart it would be lightsome If I had but company. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs The night was lightsome, though without actual moonlight, and we could see nothing over the wall where we had heard the noise. True Irish Ghost Stories Adjectives denoting plenty, but with some kind of diminution, are derived from nouns by adding some; as, from "Light, lightsome; trouble, troublesome; toil, toilsome," &c. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Half an hour later, he was asleep in the adjoining room, dreaming a lightsome dream of ladies and mousselines de laine, when suddenly the dream turned to a nightmare. The Divine Fire Give us enlivening, lightsome airs, to which our souls shall, on a sudden, begin to dance, keeping step with the angels! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Then was Christian glad and lightsome, and said with a merry heart, 'He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.' The Glory of English Prose Letters to My Grandson Presently I asked who made the chamber in the well, for the silence weighed on me, and my thoughts were not so lightsome. Wulfric the Weapon Thane It was even as a refreshment of spirit to note a sudden bovine snort of rage from the lightsome Dragon-fly, as if he could ill bridle his inimical excitement. The Frontiersmen She envied the woman by her side, and envied her because she was lightsome, thoughtless, kittenish, simple, unripe. Leonora Through a world of toil and care she flitted with a dream-like smile, and came hither to find a home among the lightsome hearts of Merry Mount. Twice Told Tales He may have scorned and mocked in his days of lightsome ease, but down below in the roots of his heart he believes. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins grey. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 Drink is so jolly; prosperous persons talk with such a droll wink about vagaries which they or their friends committed the night before; it is all so very, very lightsome! The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Lost, and yet living in the sunlit cells Of memory—that only lightsome place Where lingers yet the dayspring of my youth: The years of mourning for thy death are long. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. After listening a moment, Sir William Howe called in a stern voice to the leader of the musicians, who had hitherto enlivened the entertainment with gay and lightsome melodies. Twice Told Tales "The ball is free!" cried Black Bart, and they all Said a ball with no chain was a novel ball; "And I never have seed," said Jimmy Hope, "Sech a lightsome dance withouten a rope." Black Beetles in Amber He was again a member of the Finance Committee; but financiering by those wise lawgivers was no longer so lightsome and exuberant a task as it had been. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I Now, since thou art so fair, Leaving the lightsome air. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 On every hand could be heard artistic discussions, serious and informed and yet lightsome in tone. Mr. Prohack See! a coach has stopped, whence emerges a slender beauty who, canopied by two umbrellas, glides within the portal and vanishes amid lightsome thrills of music. Twice Told Tales He says, "It is famous all over the world for its magnificence and workmanship, but especially for a fine lightsome chapel, with shining walls, and small, thin-waisted pillars, quite round." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 356, February 14, 1829 And in youth—why, it made one’s heart lightsome and glad Like a glimpse o’ the sun, just to look at the lad! The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland For she was gay enough and lightsome enough in her demeanor. Red Axe In the next place, for the lightsome passion of joy. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South To one who had tamed the proud spirit of Sharon Whipple's hellion it was but lightsome child's play to guide this honest and amiable new bus. The Wrong Twin All her movements were quick and lightsome and free. From out the Vasty Deep You ask if your heart will ever be lightsome again. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss The epithet is used to describe the lightsome and genial tone of Horace's poetry. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Such fears as these drove the roses from her smooth young cheeks, and stilled the songs which before had rung through the dim old shop, while the gay, lightsome step passed among the dusty treasures. Ten Girls from Dickens It is neat and lightsome, but very small; consisting only of a single room thirteen feet by twelve, with a closet opening off it not more than six feet broad. Principal Cairns The free and lightsome behaviour of the men, the humming at the benches, recalled some school of handicraft. Heroes of the Telegraph The last few minutes had improved his spirits remarkably, and he was quite lightsome. Little Dorrit You have taken off that mountain, and substituted a joy most lightsome and heavenly. The Life of General Francis Marion On the contrary, there was no other man in the city, we are bold to affirm, of so much as half his years, who enjoyed so many lightsome and griefless moments as himself. House of the Seven Gables I have never forgotten them or his quiet smile, but have seen them every day, side by side with those of my own dear children, dead and gone since I was a lightsome young creature.' Oliver Twist However, it was this lightsome expedition that laid the last straw upon the Monster's back. Stories from Everybody's Magazine From the hall you ascend by a handsome staircase to the library, a large and lightsome room, well stored with books in various languages. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery Lucullus answered Pompey well; who, when he saw his stately galleries, and rooms so large and lightsome, in one of his houses, said, Surely an excellent place for summer, but how do you in winter? The Essays of Francis Bacon Through a world of toil and care she flitted with a dreamlike smile, and came hither to find a home among the lightsome hearts of Merry Mount. From Twice Told Tales A cheerful glass makes flowers to bloom And lightsome hours fly speedy O! he gathered in his rod and tackle, and declared that it was no use trying to catch fish while Bedlam ran riot. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac So, with lightsome hearts and the happy consciousness of being usefully employed—in their own behalf at least, if not for our beloved country—these good old gentlemen went through the various formalities of office. The Scarlet Letter I declined it of course, with all the courtesy I could put into my manner; she danced off heedless and lightsome. Villette Find in the Glossary the meaning of: caroling; mysterious; whence; pettishly; intelligent; babble; combine; pried; restore; constant; intent; pestered; witchery; personage; glimmer; lightsome. The Elson Readers, Book 5 The cathedral of Antwerp itself is not more captivatingly lightsome and lovely. The Roof of France When thou dost lightsome talk or gladsome sing,— A power to draw the hill-trees, rooted hard— The doors of eyes and ears let that man keep Who knows himself unworthy thy regard! Rampolli With these and similar lightsome turns of speech was Joseph in the habit of keeping his men up to the mark. With Edged Tools But while I pondered, her voice, clear, though somewhat sharp, broke out in a lightsome French song, trilling through the door still ajar: I glanced in, doubting my senses. Villette I will not be the lightsome lark, That carols to the rising morn,-- I'd rather be some plaintive bird Lulling night's ear forlorn. A Love Story "How lightsome and cosy we are up here!" said the Bishop. The Christian A Story I already feel lightsome and buoyant as a bird. Jane Talbot A sweet, unwonted mood, a feeling of lightsome happy-go-luckiness took possession of me. Hunger I assure you, Edgar, my philosophy has not found itself lightsome and active under this burden. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker It was early in June, an' the Canadian woods were in their first flush o' green,--an' how green an' lightsome they be in their spring dress!--when Jeanie Burns landed in Canada. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush It is said, "If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome." Moral Philosophy By their influence in making that gloomy path which leads to the grave joyous and lightsome, he wishes me to judge of their excellence. Jane Talbot If one only had just a little to eat on such a lightsome day! Hunger Then I inhabited a lightsome chamber and was stretched upon a down bed; now I was supine upon a rugged surface and immersed in palpable obscurity. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Returned by another path of the width of a wagon, passing through a grove of hard wood, the lightsome hues of which make the walk more cheerful than among the pines. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. These early morning hours are very lightsome and quiet. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 And Miss Katy never danced better, flashing her cobweb scarf in and out the glow-worm circle as with lightsome foot and wing she danced round and round. The Cheerful Cricket and Others Many sorrows she had had, including poverty, the captain's imprisonment for debt, and his demise; but she was of a gay and lightsome spirit. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Now my delight was enhanced by the contrast which this lightsome and serene element bore to the glooms from which I had lately emerged. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Indeed, there was alteration in the absence of the blue and gold, and, still more, in the loss of the lightsome, hopeful expression from the young face. Chantry House On the way to Exeter House the Prince recovered his high spirits, and even kept us waiting in the hall while he continued some lightsome argument Margaret had led him into. The Yeoman Adventurer Indeed, there was too lightsome a tone of flippancy all through the paper. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5. "Yes, she is gone," I said, trying to be lightsome; "but you are enough to frighten any one." Erema — My Father's Sin His body was beautiful and lightsome, and its beauty was that of a celestial being. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ With lightsome skies shining in to bed time, I can not. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 "What do you make of Master Freake?" said I boorishly, cutting short a lightsome trill, more Italian maybe. The Yeoman Adventurer And I dressed me again, and got my armour upon me, and afterward was I in a more lightsome state of the mind; and yet very ready to come again unto my sleep. The Night Land And I saw in my dream that as Christian came to the cross, his burden fell from off his back, and he became glad and lightsome. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction And thou, dread sacred child, to thee alway Let everlasting lightsome glory strive, 55 Through the worlds endles ages to survive. The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 You enter without passage into a cheerful dining room, all studded over and rough with old Books, and above is a lightsome Drawing room, 3 windows, full of choice prints. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 "A sculler's notch in the stern he made, An oar he shaped of the bottle blade; Then sprung to his seat with a lightsome leap And launched afar on the calm, blue deep." The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers Then was Christian glad and lightsome, and said with a merry heart, "He hath given me rest by his sorrow, and life by his death." Bible Stories and Religious Classics Now they spoke in a lightsome tone of self-sufficiency. The Boss of Little Arcady Thus, the lightsome son of republican Gaul in society. The Sowers Only last night all had been lightsome and happy, now the old darkness seemed to have settled down about her again. A Beautiful Possibility The officer conducted us to respectable private lodgings, in a lightsome situation, which overlooked the chief part of the city. A Voyage to the Moon When thou dost lightsome talk or gladsome sing,— A power to draw the hill-trees, rooted hard— 10 The doors of eyes and ears let that man keep, Who knows himself unworthy thy regard. Poemata : Latin, Greek and Italian Poems by John Milton For my own taste, I could wish that you would dwell more in the sun, and converse more with cheerful thoughts and lightsome images, and expand into a story the spirit of the Town Pump. Memories of Hawthorne Her steady lightsome gaze, tempered by a benignant and reflective mind, lends her an air of amiability and majesty. Serious Hours of a Young Lady Then a door was opened in the rear, and lo, I beheld a series of rooms filled with baubles of every conceivable kind, enough to satisfy all who came for such lightsome things. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory But what is lightsome and blithe in her, was debonaire in him. The Little Lady of the Big House He said that he did not intend even to stop to argue and debate disputed questions, but, "imploring divine assistance," to relate, "with plain and lightsome brevity," those things worth noting. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic The bride-like world was throwing off her ornaments and preparing for the prose of every-day life; and yet she did so in a cheerful, lightsome mood. Nature's Serial Story The rest of the poem runs thus:— “‘And said I, Though dark is falling, And far the camp must be, Yet my heart it would be lightsome If I had but company. Locusts and Wild Honey After this, being now left to my own recollection, I grew a little more assured and lightsome; and the pen and paper being before me, I amused myself with writing thus far. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Then was Christian glad and lightsome, and said, with a merry heart, "He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death." Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 All things have the joyful, and my feets just touch earth with lightsome. Little Sister Snow When he came out from the bath, his skin was as clear as that of a child, and his body lightsome and free. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 I was struck at my first glance with the lightsome free look of Annora's face but it clouded ad grew constrained in an instant when I spoke to her. Stray Pearls Lynde was in one of those lightsome moods which, in that varying month, had not unfrequently followed a day of doubt and restless despondency. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel I thought so; for though my heart was lightful and joyous before, yet it is ten times more lightsome and joyous now. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 "I don't mix the pastry with it to make it lightsome, leastway not ordinarily." Seven Little Australians It was early in June, and our Canadian woods were in their first flush o' green—an' how green an' lightsome they be in their spring dress—when Jeanie Burns landed in Canada. Roughing It in the Bush It is their preservative instinct which teaches them to be flighty, lightsome, and false. Beyond Good and Evil She hardly believed his assurance, so strong was the contrast between that lightsome lyric and the coarse vanity of the man himself. The Whirlpool Now and then there came a breath, and the sweet-peas murmured in their sleep; or the roses rustled, as if they were afraid they were about to be roused from their lightsome dreams. Sybil, or the Two Nations When May came, lightsome footed, o'er the lea, Accompanied by kind Aunt Ruth and Roy, I bade farewell to home with secret joy, And turned my wan face eastward to the sea. Maurine and Other Poems It was almost as lightsome at the time as it is now. The Eureka Stockade And on his lightsome feet In haste he slung the snowdrop bells, Pushed past the Fairy sentinels, And out with laughter sweet. The Verse-Book of a Homely Woman In a minute or two appeared Mrs. Frothingham; alert, lightsome, much improved in health since the first year of her widowhood. The Whirlpool At first it played softly in the higher notes, a tinkling, lightsome little melody that stirred a kindly surface-smile over a full heart. The Blazed Trail The lightsome wall Of finer masonry, the raftered roof They knew not; but like ants still buried, delved Deep in the earth and scooped their sunless caves. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable From the look of this lightsome feast, I conclude that what you need is a tonic. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories Some answered, that they did not remove the book to lesson the light, but to receive more rays, and let all the space between the letters and their eyes be filled with lightsome air. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Her mood was lightsome for she felt that she had acted with decision and in a way worthy of her dignity. The Whirlpool Each was thinking of her lightsome words about taking the three men in turn; each thought that two-thirds of that promise had been fulfilled. A Group of Noble Dames The horsemen dashed among the rout, As deer break through the broom; Their steeds are stout, their swords are out, They soon make lightsome room. The Lady of the Lake However dark the habitation of the mole to our eyes, yet the animal itself finds the apartment sufficiently lightsome. The Vicar of Wakefield For they affirm that things then become sweet, bitter, lightsome, or dark, when each thing has in itself the natural unobstructed operation of one of these impressions. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies A lightsome eye, a soldier's mien, A feather of the blue, A doublet of the Lincoln green— No more of me ye knew, My Love! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Blue eyes, with long brown lashes, Thickets of golden curl, Red little lips disclosing Twin rows of fairy pearl, Cheeks like the apple blossom, Voice lightsome as the merle. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 From the sill, as I put on my boots, I watched with complacence the cording of the loads, and then, with quite a lightsome gait, followed the lengthened file out into the street. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan The lightsome sprig was hourly to be seen, even when university rulings forbade, dilly-dallying giddily along the campus paths or the town sidewalks with some new and pretty Skirt. Ramsey Milholland The lightsome tramp of the deer he'll mark, As they troop in herds along; And his rifle startles the cheerful lark As he carols his morning song! Poems My love she's but a lassie yet, A lightsome lovely lassie yet; It scarce wad do To sit an' woo Down by the stream sae glassy yet. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 But the jester's lightsome mien, And his spangles and his sheen, All had vanished when the scene He forsook. Complete Poetical Works The long sprays covered with snowy blossoms, so graceful, so elegant, so lightsome, and yet so rich! Our Village Tonight, the moon that watched our lightsome wiles— That beamed upon us through the deodars— Is wan with gazing on official files, And desecrating desks disgust the stars. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 However, he lifts the tombstone “as it were lightsome as a summer gladness.” Adventures Among Books Genial converse, harmless books, smiles, lightsome hearts, all are banished. The Story of a Bad Boy Then was Christian glad and lightsome, and said with a merry heart, ‘He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death!’ Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) Upon our Arrival, we were led into a very large and lightsome Cabin, the like I have not met withal. A New Voyage to Carolina, containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc. The eye is first attracted to the ceiling, painted in fresco in the Italian manner, where lightsome arabesques are frolicking. Sons of the Soil There’s a fiddler in the street, And the children all are dancing: Two dozen lightsome feet Springing and prancing. Robert F. Murray: His Poems with a Memoir A lightsome eye, a soldier's mien, A feather of the blue, A doublet of the Lincoln green— No more of me ye knew, My Love! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Then his own deeper one, out of its lightsome darkness: "A rainbow, child!" The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable When I think on the lightsome days I spent wi' thee, my Dearie; And now what seas between us roar, How can I be but eerie? Poems and Songs of Robert Burns Sit thee down, Gunnar, A word must I say to thee Of the life's ruin Of thy lightsome bride— —Nor shall thy ship Swim soft and sweetly For all that I Lay life adown. The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda O highest lamp of ever-living 286 Jove, Accursed day, infected with my griefs, Hide now thy stained face in endless night, And shut the windows of the lightsome heavens! Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1 Now Simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlets plays; Come let us spend the lightsome days, In the birks of Aberfeldy. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns |
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