What is "blithesome"

Usage examples of "blithesome".

Why had he wantoned on his glittering plumage amidst these harsh and ungenial strangers, dazzling the eyes with his gorgeous hues, charming the ear with his blithesome song--thus suddenly to be arrested--caged in darkness--a victim and a prey--his gay flights for ever over--his hymns of gladness for ever stilled!

The eagle had an eyrie home, The blithesome bird its quiet rest, But not the humblest spot on earth Was by the Son of God possessed.

The torpor which had come upon him the previous evening formed a complete contrast to the blithesome vigour he now enjoyed.

Robin: The merry merle on leafy spray, The lark on fluttering wing Do pipe a joyous roundelay, To greet the blithesome spring.

I can but say that from that day on my comrade was sad and cloudy one hour, gay and blithesome the next.

Fairchild, the Chairman of The Forum, whose wit, wisdom, and personal charm kept that blithesome institution running for the best part of a quarter of a century.

Saltbush rode before -- Old Rooster Hall was a blithesome man, when he thought of the treat in store.

Lucy was a pretty creature, and simple in her ways and kindly, and Phillips was a blithesome and attractive young fellow.

But they were also smiling and blithesome, and, when they tried to describe to me their rapturous reunion, they were quite rapturously and absurdly inarticulate.

Krishna are the most light-hearted and blithesome of all the Hindu sects.

Dona was the blithesome sort of person who laughs all over, and that made her lovely body jiggle so invitingly that I was again inspired to find other things for us to do than talk.

I doubt, though, that he was out of hearing, for Genovefa-Thor and Thorn-Veleda made many loud and blithesome cries in the course of that night.

Nothing but a curious upbounding of her heart within her as the thought of her companions crossed her mind, seemed left of the original blithesome Anne.

And even later, after an exhilarating spin in the country, he arrived safe and blithesome at his well-appointed rooms in the Hotel Fulton, ready to remove with good soap and pure aqua the stains of mart and road before calling on Miss Bettina Stokes.

Why had he wantoned on his glittering plumage amidst these harsh and ungenial strangers, dazzling the eyes with his gorgeous hues, charming the ear with his blithesome song--thus suddenly to be arrested--caged in darkness--a victim and a prey--his gay flights for ever over--his hymns of gladness for ever stilled!