Prophetically rang the bells with solemn pealing; A prayer was then the ecstasy of bliss; A blessed and mysterious yearning Drew me to roam through meadows, woods, and skies; And, midst a thousand tear-drops burning, I felt a world within me rise That strain, oh, how it speaks youth's Gleesome plays and feelings, Joys of spring-festivals long past; Remembrance holds me now, with childhood's fond appealings, Back from the fatal step, the last.
"Faust"
Goethe
Only no one could have heard her childish, Gleesome and silvery laugh without laughing with her.
"Annie o' the Banks o' Dee"
Gordon Stables
Many of this strange company wore foolscaps, and had little bells appended to their garments, tinkling with a silvery sound, responsive to the inaudible music of their Gleesome spirits.
"From-Twice-Told-Tales"
Hawthorne, Nathaniel