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Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long; Let every heart exult with joy, And every voice be song!
Philip Doddridge— Hymns,'Hark, the Glad Sound' (published1755).
Oh! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die!
thomas moore— 1817 Lallah Rookh,'The Fire Worshippers'.
There are women today who never thought to envy men their manhood, but who would, at least for this purpose, be glad to be men.
Emmeline ne e Goulden Pankhurst— 1914 Speech appealing for the right to fight, 30 Nov, at a meeting organized by theWomen's Social and Political Union, in the Kingsway Hall, London.
You know the wild flowers suit your hair:Place hands full of the purple bloomOf loosestrife, glad of such soft doom,And tender-toned narcissus there
edward andrade— Poem Fate and the Little Flowers
My prayer is that God give me no longer life than I shall be glad to use mine office in edification, and not in destruction.
cromwell, thomas, 1st earl of essex— Letter of March 1538. (Merriman, ii. p. 129.)
I am feeble, pale and weary,And my wings are nearly furled;I have caused a scene so dreary,I am glad to quit the world!With bitterness I'm thinkingOn the evil I have done,And to my caverns sinkingFrom the coming of the sun.
hannah flagg gould— "The Dying Storm" in Poems (published 1835), p. 59.
Only a dad with a tired face, coming home from the daily race, bringing little of gold or fame to show how well he has played the game; but glad in his heart that his own rejoice to see him come and to hear his voice.
edgar guest— Only a Dad, stanza 1, p. 43
I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweete tooth in his head.
john lyly— P. 308. (Euphues and his England)
People call me stupid for treating you like a queen, but I dont even worry `cause you`re my unforeseen.And I hope that you`ll be with me, if only in my dreams. But here you are next to me and you`re glad, or so it seems.
alexander rybak— Funny Little World (2009)
It is not quite the same when we are seventy-two as when we are twenty-seven; still I am glad of what is left, and wish we might both hold out till the victory we have sought is won, but all the same the victory is coming. In the aftertime the world will be the better for it.
lucy stone— Letter to Susan B. Anthony (1891); as quoted in The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (1898) by Ida Husted Harper.
Whether you do your work with notes or without them, do it courageously, earnestly, with devotion; with a glad sense of the greatness of it, and a full consecration of every force and faculty to it.
richard salter storrs— P. 483. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you. I am glad of that. In fact, I am relieved.
Isaac Asimov— Doctor Susan Calvin in "Robot Dreams" in Robot Dreams (1986)
Had I been wrong, this would still have been the honorable thing to do. I am very glad, however, to find out that I was right.
david brin— Chapter 110 (p. 626)
I'm glad to say I haven't found my style yet. I'd be bored to death.
edgar degas— "Technical Details" (p. 70)
Remembrance of hopes that were silly has an especial tenderness, for much of their silliness came from a thoughtless credulity which we would be glad to have back again.
henry s. haskins— p. 46 (Meditations in Wall Street (1940))
Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow— Santa Filomena.
It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls , like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century.
james russell lowell— An Incident in a Railroad Car.
I'll be over your head Ecto Now don't be afraid Ecto Don't reach out Ecto Just be glad that I exist Ecto
happy rhodes— "Ecto"
Sometimes people decide to write reports even though they haven't been to Guantanamo . And so I would just suggest that people look at some of the work that's been done by people who have been there. But that's not to say that we will not be very glad at the day that conditions permit the closure of Guantanamo and the trying of its inhabitants or for their release.
condoleezza rice— Remarks With British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw At Blackburn Town Hall, April 1, 2006
Evangelion (that we call the gospel) is a Greek word and signifieth good, merry, glad and joyful tidings, that maketh a man's heart glad and maketh him sing, dance, and leap for joy.
william tyndale— Selected Writings (2003) edited by David Daniell
If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you.
larry wall— Usenet article <199702221943.LAA20388@wall.org> (1997)
What plant we in this apple tree? Sweets for a hundred flowery springs To load the May-wind's restless wings, When, from the orchard-row, he pours Its fragrance through our open doors; A world of blossoms for the bee, Flowers for the sick girl's silent room, For the glad infant sprigs of bloom, We plant with the apple tree.
william cullen bryant— The Planting of the Apple Tree
Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? how did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.
sydney smith— Sydney Smith, Lady Holland's Memoir (1855), Vol. I. P. 383.
O ye dead Poets, who are living still Immortal in your verse, though life be fled, And ye, O living Poets, who are dead Though ye are living, if neglect can kill, Tell me if in the darkest hours of ill, With drops of anguish falling fast and red From the sharp crown of thorns upon your head, Ye were not glad your errand to fulfill?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poets
Pleasures newly found are sweet When they lie about our feet: February last, my heart First at sight of thee was glad; All unheard of as thou art, Thou must needs, I think have had, Celandine! and long ago, Praise of which I nothing know.
william wordsworth— William Wordsworth, To the Same Flower; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 92.
To the down Bow of Death His Forte gave way, All the Graces in sorrow were drown'd; Hallelujah Cresendo Shall be his glad lay When Da'Capo the Trumpet shall sound.
— Epitaph to Samuel Taylor, in Youlgreaves Churchyard, Derbyshire, England; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 235.
Helen! Helen! I'm afraid! [ Helen: No, Marc! ] And I'm glad I'm afraid!
— Who: Marc Lewis
— Source: Peeping Tom
— Note: Character impales himself with a knife attached to one of the legs on his movie camera tripod.
To the Hypocrites give the glad tidings that there is for them (but) a grievous penalty;-Yea, to those who take for friends unbelievers rather than believers: is it honour they seek among them? Nay,- all honour is with God.
— Original: ?
— The Qur'an (?), Sura 4:138
Consider the world as an abode where in you have dropped down for an hour, then you have got to leave it and go ahead; or (suppose it is) like the wealth which you lay hands upon in a dream and become over-joyed and glad. Then you wake up to find yourself empty handed.
— Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p.287
I'm glad that the Bush years are behind us
jackson browne— Discussing the election of Barack Obama and his support for the new American President with Dave fanning[1]
