joyance

Example Sentences

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Their joyance was not in their official capacity, for there were still troublous times in the Sandwich Islands.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the joyance of the Doles could not be extinguished by such considerations, for to them had been born a son christened Sanford Ballard Dole.

From Time Magazine Archive

Be the while thou art living An atheling wealthy, and well do I will thee Of good of the treasures; be thou to my son In deed ever friendly, and uphold thy joyance!

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous

Ye garlands of my God, whose love yet breathes About me; shapes of joyance mystical; Begone!

From The Trojan Women of Euripedes by Euripedes

Let joyance be, And there is God's sufficiency,— Such joy as only can abound Where the heart's comrade has been found.

From Later Poems by Carman, Bliss