I think it is in the old French romance of Erec and Eneide, that an adventure, the access to which lay through an avenue of stakes, garnished with the bloody heads of the knights who had attempted and failed to atchieve it, is called by the inviting title of La Joie de la Cour.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
His "Sharps and Flats" column was a daily fusilade, or, rather, feu de Joie, upon or at the expense of the Democrats and three legislators, by whose assistance they hoped to defeat and humiliate Logan.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
She was noted for her gaiety and Joie de vivre and for the energy with which she pursued enjoyment.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens