lightsomeness
Example Sentences
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I will cheer you by my songs, and strive to inspire in others the joy and lightsomeness of heart I feel in my present state.
From The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends by Cornelius Mathews
Mallarmé plunged his verses into a secret darkness of symbols, until the words with their subterranean meaning almost became unintelligible, while Verlaine gave his lines the dream-rapt lightsomeness of a music never heard before.
From ?mile Verhaeren by Stefan Zweig
Carterette, with all her seeming lightsomeness, had sense and self- possession.
From The Battle of the Strong — Volume 4 A Romance of Two Kingdoms by Gilbert Parker
The unobtrusive, but distinctly felt, alliteration which runs through it, contributes something toward this lightsomeness.
From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Hiram Corson
Couldst thou not stamp thy joy upon the page, That they who should come after thee might feel Their spirits gladdened by it, and their hearts Made lighter with thy lightsomeness?
From The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
