"I have a room with shining floors And lofty roof and polished doors, Wherein I love to dine With two good friends at left and right, Whose converse is my soul's delight And GLADS my heart like wine.
"A Legend of Old Persia and Other Poems"
A. B. S. Tennyson
It GLADS him to observe there are others solicitous as himself-to find that he and Hamersley have fallen among friends.
"The Lone Ranche"
Captain Mayne Reid
As he spoke, he looked down, with a horrid exultation in his eyes; and, bursting into a more horrible laugh, struck his hand several times on his heart: "It GLADS me!
"The Scottish Chiefs"
Jane Porter