Birds of rare plumage darted hither and thither along its banks, enlivening the groves with their jocund notes.
"The White Squaw"
Mayne Reid
While wilting in the enervating atmosphere, as we pursued our way from the shore, the thought naturally suggested itself that just then, on the other side of the globe, our friends at home were probably sitting before cheerful soft-coal fires and quietly enjoying the genial heat and the enlivening blaze.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
When we reached the ground where yesterday's battle had been fought, the moon rose, and exhibited a spectacle by no means enlivening.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig