"Gleesome" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I hae naebody now To clasp to my bosom at even, O'er her calm sleep to breathe the vow, An' pray for a blessing from heaven. An' the wild embrace, an' the gleesome face In the morning, that met my eye, Where are they now, where are they now? In the ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI. - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various
... and paler features of their faithful companions; their frames, indeed, showed the effect of wandering and anxiety; many an eye which had been bright was sunken, many a blooming cheek was paled; but the lip yet smiled, the voice had yet its gleesome tones to soothe and cheer their warrior friends; the eager wish to prepare the couch and dress the simple meal, to perform those many little offices of love and kindness so peculiarly a woman's, and engaged in with a zest, a skill which was intuitive, for there had ...
— The Days of Bruce Vol 1 - A Story from Scottish History • Grace Aguilar
... sang better than a lark, because he had more notes and a greater compass and more volume, although he shook out his voice in the same gleesome abundance. ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner |
