lightsomeness
Example Sentences
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I have sung them all;—youth's lightsomeness that fleets, Pure friendship, my most fondly cherished dreams, Wild blossoms and the winds that steal their sweets, Wood odors, and the star that whitely gleams.
From In Divers Tones by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
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
The footsteps above were distinguishable, though it was manifest that they moved with lightsomeness and circumspection.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown
Never again with the lightsomeness that had never known sorrow, but light even to gayety with the new and higher love born of tribulation.
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George L. Prentiss
So joyous and merry was he, that the squirrels squeaked and scurried away at sight of him, and the very hyenas laughed in harmony as he passed by singing, "Tra-la-la!" in his blithe lightsomeness.
From The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy by Mabel Henriette Spielmann
