Emotion
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8.Joy, hope and cheerfulness
8a.Joy at recovery, reunion and deliverance
See also: Sign and Symbol 3b
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 58Menelaus's spirit is broken; Agamemnon weeps for joy at reaching home.read · scan
- p. 77–78His heart melts at the sight of the cliffs; his joy at land compared to children's joy at a father's recovery.read · scan
- p. 140–141The crew weeps for joy at Odysseus's return, as if they had reached Ithaca, and then Eurylochus fears for them.read · scan
- p. 180Odysseus rejoices in his country at Athene's description.read · scan
- p. 215–216Eumaeus weeps and kisses Telemachus with joy at his return, having thought him lost.read · scan
- p. 219–220Long-restrained tears break forth; their lamentation is compared to birds robbed of their young.read · scan
- p. 228Penelope weeps and wails at her son's return.read · scan
- p. 235–236Odysseus secretly wipes away a tear at seeing Argos.read · scan
- p. 289–290The herdsmen weep and kiss Odysseus on recognizing him.read · scan
- p. 308–309Odysseus is moved to weep with longing as the women embrace him.read · scan
- p. 312Penelope sits silent in amazement, uncertain whether to embrace or question him.read · scan
- p. 314–315Penelope's knees loosen and she weeps, embracing him.read · scan
- p. 315–316Longing to lament and long weeping mark the reunion.read · scan
- p. 328Laertes' grief turns to joy, fainting in his son's arms; Odysseus weeps.read · scan
Aeschylus, AgamemnonVol. 8
- p. 15–17Iphigenia's pitiable plea and silent glance; the chorus's joy so great it wakens tears at Troy's fall.read · scan
- p. 25–26Hope deferred sickens; the herald weeps for joy on returning home.read · scan
- p. 26–28Herald's joy brims his eyes with tears; the chorus pined with longing for the returned.read · scan
Aeschylus, The Libation-BearersVol. 8
- p. 85–87Electra's joy and tears at recognizing her brother; her hope and grief.read · scan
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 176–177Weeping tarries for the night but joy comes in the morning; mourning turned to dancing.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 752–753The mother's fear and lamentation, then joy at learning the truth.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of CiceroVol. 9
- p. 94–95Cicero describes supreme joy at his return, lacking only his brother's embrace.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 137Mournful cries, fruitless tears and tears of joy at the reunion.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 523Paul's comfort and joy at Titus' report; Corinthians' longing, mourning, zeal and indignation.read · scan
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 394–395The father is moved with compassion and joy; the son is in hunger and want.read · scan
- p. 419Disciples return with great joy.read · scan
Luke, The Acts of the ApostlesVol. 44
- p. 448Rhoda is so overjoyed at Peter's voice that she forgets to open the gate.read · scan
Plutarch, CaesarVol. 12
- p. 276The soldier weeps and begs pardon for losing his buckler; Caesar and officers greet him with joy.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 360Reaching Armenia, the soldiers kiss the ground, weeping with joy and embracing each other.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 121–122Wonders why joy is greater over a rescued sinner; illustrates with the lost sheep, coin and prodigal son.read · scan
- p. 122–123Joy at finding or recovering what is loved exceeds joy at never having lost it, as with the calmed storm or restored friend.read · scan
- p. 136His mother leaps for joy and triumphs on hearing the news.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 20The father is intoxicated without wine by joy at news of his son.read · scan
- p. 136He almost dies with joy at her presence and weeps in longing.read · scan
- p. 255–256Fear like death followed by relief and comfort after rescue.read · scan
- p. 287Fear subsides and his soul returns once he is fed; he rejoices at deliverance.read · scan
- p. 328The King's face brightens with joy on hearing her speak and of the coming child.read · scan
- p. 355–356Joy, relief and grief mingle as the mother and son are reunited.read · scan
- p. 374Ala-ed-Din's joy at the Sultan's promise, saying it pulled him from the grave.read · scan
- p. 409–410Grief-driven sleeplessness and fasting give way to happiness on their reunion.read · scan
- p. 414–415Both are overjoyed at their reunion after separation.read · scan
- p. 415Grief and joy flow in weeping over the lost and recovered daughter.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 9The father's joy and gratitude at the unexpected male child.read · scan
- p. 80His joy at greeting his father is so intense he thinks he must die.read · scan
- p. 83–84Joy of reunion, a sister's swoon, tears for the dead and cheerfulness afterward.read · scan
- p. 107Cellini's panic and dread on hearing of the robbery nearly blinds him, then relief and thanks to God when the jewels are found.read · scan
Sir Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake RevivedVol. 33
- p. 190–191Drake hides his good news to test the crew, then relieves their fear and doubt with joy.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 429Abundant tears of joy draw the same from all beholders.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The TempestVol. 46
- p. 455–458Grief turns to joy at the reunion; Gonzalo has inly wept and Alonso calls for joy.read · scan
Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's HolidayVol. 47
- p. 513–514Lacy surfeits with joy on seeing Rose.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 342Adam is so surcharged with joy that he weeps and can hardly speak.read · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 296Relief and joy at the happy outcome.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, LettersVol. 48
- p. 321Expresses transports of joy at her letters.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 47–48Sorrow, then great joy and tears on recovering the Roll; fear of lions at night.read · scan
- p. 193–194Mercy's fainting, fear of being left behind, and leaping for joy at admission.read · scan
- p. 287–288Despair is personified and defeated; the rescued Dispondency and Much-afraid; deliverance brings merriment, music and dancing.read · scan
- p. 288–290Deliverance from despair and fear is celebrated with music and dancing; the giant's head is a monument of deliverance.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 61–65Antony's distracted soul and the moving sight of the children draw joy and tears from all.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 320–322Minna is intoxicated with joy while Franziska is distressed by Tellheim's misfortune.read · scan
- p. 322–323Minna's exultant joy at finding Tellheim; Just's wary hostility toward the ladies.read · scan
- p. 330–331Landlord describes Minna's frantic joy and tears, repeatedly asking whether she is happy now.read · scan
- p. 372–374Tellheim's joy and anxiety compared to waking from a frightful dream.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 391–392Joyful reunion of the children and mother, and Dorothea's regretful farewell.read · scan
- p. 407–408Dorothea asks forgiveness for tears of distress and now of gladness at happiness newly given.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 221–222The superintendent, white with fear, revives at seeing his deliverer.read · scan
- p. 281–282Renzo's anxiety about the boundary and gratitude on reaching the far shore.read · scan
- p. 381–382Lucia's terror, shuddering and relief at seeing rescuers and the Unnamed; his shame at her fear.read · scan
- p. 382–383Lucia feels comfort, gratitude and pity; longs for her mother.read · scan
- p. 384–385Lucia is in ecstasy at fear turned to deliverance; the woman's tender compassion.read · scan
- p. 393–394Agnese's terror, tearing of hair and exclamations, then relief and joy at reunion.read · scan
- p. 552–553The friend's joy at company after solitude and loneliness among the plague's dead.read · scan
- p. 584–585The friar is breathless with emotion at Lucia's sufferings and relieved at her liberation.read · scan
- p. 597–598Renzo faints with shock and joy, breathless, knees failing, then revives.read · scan
- p. 612Renzo's joy at finding Lucia alive, his relief after doubt and sorrow, and his grief for Cristoforo.read · scan
- p. 614–615Nearing his village, Renzo feels indescribable emotion; the district seems his own property, and he forgets fatigue.read · scan
- p. 616–617Renzo's gladness bursts out despite the horrors he has seen in Milan and the Lazzaretto.read · scan
- p. 617–618Agnese's surprise and joy make her begin exclamations and questions without finishing any.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 50Henry's heart-bands break as his pain turns to joy at his master's freedom.read · scan
- p. 56–57Grief turns to rejoicing and dancing at the children's rescue and the wolf's deathread · scan
- p. 69Despair, grief and joyful recognition drive the episode, from the prince's leap to the weeping reunion.read · scan
- p. 82–83The siblings rejoice and embrace at their deliverance.read · scan
- p. 120The King's relief, 'a heavy stone has fallen from my heart', and joy.read · scan
- p. 126–127Joy and relief of the reunion, with sorrow recalled.read · scan
- p. 135–136Her heart leaps with joy at deliverance; the King is greatly moved.read · scan
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 925–926A heap of hidden grief is overturned like ashes before the beloved, then transformed into joy.read · scan
- p. 932–934Years of heavy heart, sorrow and despair give way to safety and gladness in her beloved.read · scan
- p. 939–940Long-tried by natural ills, she receives comfort and gratitude, a new angel unhoped for.read · scan
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1324–1325Evangeline's dark misgivings turn to tears and lament on learning Gabriel has gone; friends laugh and weep in reunion.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 162Dana's delight at letters and newspapers from home after long absence.read · scan
- p. 246–248Crew's hearts rise at news that the California has arrived with letters and friends; discipline relaxes in excitement.read · scan
- p. 251Joy thrills the crew on learning the voyage nears its close and they will leave Santa Barbara.read · scan
- p. 319Sunshine and the cry of land send warm joy through the crew, even the hardest faces.read · scan
- p. 348Nearing home, the crew is in high spirits; quarrels are forgotten and former enemies become friendly.read · scan
- p. 351Joy of returning home after two years; a boy's face lights at his native hills.read · scan
- p. 352–353Long voyage ends with the anchor down after 135 days, in view of the familiar city and bells of home.read · scan
Frank Aretas Haskell, The Battle of GettysburgVol. 43
- p. 349–350Personal interest and gladness as soldiers see help arriving.read · scan
8b.Hope and fear in alternation
See also: Love 3c
Aeschylus, AgamemnonVol. 8
- p. 10–11Chorus's anxious hearts oscillate between despair and hope, care like a vulture.read · scan
Aeschylus, The Libation-BearersVol. 8
- p. 83–85Electra swings between fear and hope, grief and anguish at the sign.read · scan
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 217–218Fear of the enemy, longing, and joy in God.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 77–80Aeneas hides his inward grief behind outward smiles; the crew alternate between hope and fear for lost friends.read · scan
- p. 202Venus' fear and Aeneas' revived hope after the sea grows calm.read · scan
- p. 282–287Evander's hopes and fears for his son overwhelm him until he swoons.read · scan
Plutarch, PericlesVol. 12
- p. 52Pericles uses hopes and fears as two rudders to check confidence or cheer discouragement.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 143He trembles with fear, kindles with hope and rejoices, weeping in bitter remembrance.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 41–42Cavalcante's hope is quenched and he weeps when he sees Guido is not with Dante.read · scan
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Complaint of the Absence of Her Lover Being upon the Sea; The Means to Attain Happy LifeVol. 40
- p. 193–194Grief, fear and doubtful hope alternate as the seas rage and calm.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 82–83Hope and fear alternate in the lover's woe at her disdain.read · scan
- p. 102–103Hope and fear, jealousy and despair contend in the lover, who welcomes death from disdain.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, Edward the SecondVol. 46
- p. 56–57Isabella despairs over France's rejection yet triumphs in hope of her son.read · scan
Pierre Corneille, PolyeucteVol. 26
- p. 97Pauline's soul is torn by fear, hope and jealousy; hope eludes her and fear breeds terror.read · scan
- p. 99Suspense, grief and dread as Pauline hears the terrible news.read · scan
John Milton, AreopagiticaVol. 3
- p. 189Speaker's doubt, fear, hope and joy on addressing Parliament.read · scan
John Milton, Samson AgonistesVol. 4
- p. 415The messenger is haunted by horror; Manoa says suspense is torture, and grief may surfeit.read · scan
- p. 415Manoa's shattered hope and grief, restrained until he learns how Samson died.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 171Joy and fear after confession would together make one good man; each lacks the other's feeling.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, LettersVol. 48
- p. 353–355Christians balance joy against fear, poised between them; sadness comes from lingering impiety, not from devotion.read · scan
- p. 357Joy at the letter, and fear of coming trouble.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, Minor WorksVol. 48
- p. 417–418Hope and fear alternate; passion bounds reason's perception and makes lovers suspicious and afraid.read · scan
- p. 420–421Hope and fear oppose one another and fear prevails; perturbation destroys the firmness needed for resolution.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 33–34Passion's discontent and scornful rejoicing contrasted with Patience's quiet.read · scan
- p. 40–41Hope and fear, then gladness when the burden falls.read · scan
- p. 67–68Christian is glad on hearing a voice ahead, hoping for company.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 39Cleopatra's anxiety, disdain and hope; Antony's hidden tear shown by Charmion's report.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, EgmontVol. 19
- p. 320Egmont wrestles with care and foreboding; Clara with despair.read · scan
- p. 323–324Hope and despair clash: Brackenburg pleads with love while Clara sees only despair and dread of the dawn.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 385–386Hope and dread alternate in the youth as he anticipates joyful return or lonely defeat.read · scan
- p. 400–401Mother's anxiety and the boy's impatience are shown.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 302–304Hope and fear alternate; sorrow and tears for the far-away lad.read · scan
- p. 494–496She weeps and prays through stormy nights, anxious for her sailor.read · scan
Friedrich Schiller, William TellVol. 26
- p. 482–484Hedwig trembles with terror and with joy; the monk's look freezes her soul before her husband's return.read · scan
Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 565–566Many beating hearts, hopes, fears and prayers as the army marches.read · scan
William Wordsworth, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 643–645Grief, despair and hope alternate in the mother's suffering.read · scan
James Hogg, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 756–757Grief grows calm and hope dead before Kilmeny's return.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 112–113Fear and courage shift as the dreaded undertaking begins; Lucia's terror gives way to being carried along.read · scan
- p. 296–297Those in sorrow and suspense are tormented by suspicions when the expected messenger fails to come; Agnese parts in tears.read · scan
- p. 344–346Despair, terror and trembling give way to hope and curiosity at the bells.read · scan
- p. 563–564Renzo dreads learning whether Lucia lives or is dead, wishing for ignorance, then rallies his courage.read · scan
- p. 570–571Renzo's anxious suspense before the door, likened to drawing a ticket of life or death, then despair at rebuff.read · scan
- p. 592Renzo's heart is divided between hope and fear for Lucia and thoughts of Don Rodrigo.read · scan
- p. 595Renzo moved by the sermon; hope and heartbeat as he scans faces in the procession and hope collapses.read · scan
- p. 596Dissipated hope leaves Renzo worse off; he clings to fragile hope, sees scenes of suffering with compassion and horror.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 353Beatrice calls hope worse than despair; Bernardo's anguish at losing his sister and mother.read · scan
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 935–936Fear, doubt and inward joy trembling in her, calmed by his presence.read · scan
John Greenleaf Whittier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1360–1363Hope turns to despair, then wild thanksgiving at the sound of rescue.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1021–1022Alternating joy, longing, doubt and suspicion of deceit swing his mood with the weather.read · scan
- p. 1024–1025Hope flares and dies like a spark struck in the night.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 243The Kanakas' delight and gratitude at the medicines, and Hope's revived spirits at the mere thought of help.read · scan
- p. 343–344Restored hope helped the despairing scurvy patient recover.read · scan
Frank Aretas Haskell, The Battle of GettysburgVol. 43
- p. 339–340Anticipation before battle compared to an audience awaiting the curtain; the men wonder whether the fight will come.read · scan
- p. 345Anxiety enters the observers' interest as the enemy appears on Sickles' flank.read · scan
8c.Cheerfulness, mirth and laughter
The Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelVol. 49
- p. 242–243The king's jesters provoke irresistible laughter even in men beside their parents' corpses.read · scan
William Roper, The Life of Sir Thomas MoreVol. 36
- p. 114More is merry after the ordeal while Roper is anxious.read · scan
Sir Philip Sidney, The Defense of PoesyVol. 27
- p. 45–46Laughter is a scornful tickling; pity is owed to the wretched rather than scorn.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 141Working days bring cheerfulness, idle days ill-humor.read · scan
Henry Fielding, Preface to Joseph AndrewsVol. 39
- p. 178–179Mirth is said to purge melancholy, spleen and ill affections.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 354Minna contrasts laughter with vexation, holding laughter more rational.read · scan
- p. 354–355His bitter laugh is called the laugh of misanthropy.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 345–346Pastor observes Hermann's unusual cheerfulness and joy after helping the poor.read · scan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for ScandalVol. 18
- p. 161–162Charles says his distresses are so many he cannot afford to part with his spirits.read · scan
William Blake, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 588–591The children's innocent play and joy give the speaker's heart rest.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 476–478Advises laughter against misfortune, poverty and jilting love.read · scan
William Wordsworth, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 639–641Glee and joy at the flowers and cuckoo's voice.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 218–219Renzo is delighted with Ferrer's marks of distinction.read · scan
- p. 615–616Renzo arrives drenched but exuberant, cheerfully insisting 'She's there'.read · scan
Thomas Babington Macaulay, MachiavelliVol. 27
- p. 398–399Machiavelli's desperate levity and sarcasm concealed strong emotions of the wretched.read · scan
William Makepeace Thackeray, Jonathan SwiftVol. 28
- p. 7Humour appeals to love, pity, kindness, scorn and tenderness, not merely to laughter; the humorist's life is serious and sad.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 112The day's freedom makes sailors cheerful and hopeful, brightening the outlook on the voyage.read · scan
- p. 203Anxiety about a French prison is tempered by the sailor's carefree "Happy go lucky."read · scan
- p. 203–205Monotony makes the crew welcome the prospect of war; high spirits and expectancy of change lighten drudgery.read · scan
- p. 308Spirits revive with work and sun; the crew sing 'Cheerily ho!' and the officers are pleased.read · scan
- p. 321Enthusiasm as the ship turns north for Boston; even sick men turn out and crew sing.read · scan
- p. 323–325Crew in highest spirits at rounding Cape Horn and heading home, singing at the halyards.read · scan
Henry David Thoreau, WalkingVol. 28
- p. 423–424The cock's crow gives pure morning joy free of plaintiveness, unlike songs that move to tears or laughter.read · scan
8d.Religious and ecstatic joy
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 146–147Gladness in the heart from God exceeds the joy of abundant harvest; peaceful sleep in safety.read · scan
- p. 249Heart and flesh cry out with yearning for the living God.read · scan
- p. 250–251Divine anger and indignation asked to cease; rejoicing in God restored.read · scan
Euripides, The BacchaeVol. 8
- p. 371–373Maiden sings the joy of ecstatic frenzy on the mountains.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 587–589Sumedha is filled with rapturous joy and keen delight.read · scan
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 355–356Joy of the leaping babe and rejoicing spirit.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 145He weeps with happy devotion at the hymns.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 383Dante's anticipation likened to a mother bird awaiting dawn; rapture overcomes him.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 283–284Sighing, sorrow and tears of longing and contrition.read · scan
- p. 352–353Longing for tears and devotion, joy at the blessedness of the soul feeding on Christ.read · scan
- p. 358The devout weep and pant with tender affection; the speaker feels shame at his dryness.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 197–199Their joy is beyond telling.read · scan
- p. 209Galahad's joy at the vision is beyond any earthly man's.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, LettersVol. 48
- p. 353Joy in God which the world can neither give nor take away.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 41–42Christian leaps three times for joy and sings after his grief is eased.read · scan
- p. 144–145Hopeful moves from deep sadness to joy, tears and love.read · scan
- p. 161–163Their glorious joy at the welcome is beyond the expression of tongue or pen.read · scan
- p. 201–202The household leaps for joy at Christiana's arrival.read · scan
- p. 210–211Mercy cannot sleep for joy as doubts of missing heaven are removed.read · scan
- p. 215Christiana feels heart lighter and joyous on understanding pardon.read · scan
- p. 215–216Warmth of affection; Great-heart asks whether it will last; some laughed and hardened their hearts.read · scan
- p. 225–226Joy, music and laughter mark the pilgrims' arrival and rest.read · scan
- p. 313–314Trembling Dispondency is summoned to shout for joy at deliverance from his doubtings.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 202The preacher's enthusiasm kindles into rapture and juvenile warmth.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 36–38Tears, yearning and holy joy overcome Faust.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 366–367The penitent's burning tears and unaccustomed joy.read · scan
- p. 392–393Lucia is moved to tenderness, tears and solemn joy; her mind is lifted from its own sorrows.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Over-SoulVol. 5
- p. 140Revelation is attended by the sublime, awe and delight, and enthusiasm bordering on insanity.read · scan
Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the BeagleVol. 29
- p. 21Naturalist's delight and admiration in the forest, deeper than any pleasure he expects to feel again.read · scan
- p. 34Says the scenes fill and elevate the mind with wonder, astonishment and devotion, beyond description.read · scan
8e.Mixed and transient emotions
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 129The crew is glad to be saved yet grieved at the loss of companions.read · scan
- p. 223–224The wooers are troubled and downcast at Telemachus' return, and Amphinomus laughs sweetly.read · scan
- p. 269Eurycleia feels joy and anguish at once on recognizing Odysseus, tears filling her eyes and voice stayed.read · scan
- p. 310–311Nurse's joy and Penelope's disbelief, sorrow, then gladness and tears at the news.read · scan
Sophocles, Oedipus the KingVol. 8
- p. 253Oedipus weeps in joy and grief at hearing his children's voices and foresees their tearful, joyless lives.read · scan
Euripides, HippolytusVol. 8
- p. 355–358Theseus neither laughs nor weeps, feeling shame before the gods and pale pity.read · scan
Plato, PhaedoVol. 2
- p. 46–47The friends felt a strange mixture of pleasure and pain, laughing and weeping by turns, Apollodorus overcome.read · scan
- p. 79–80The listeners felt an unpleasant confusion at their faith being shaken.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 131–137Andromache faints at seeing Aeneas, and he answers in wretchedness, living only because he must.read · scan
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 136–138Alcibiades' fear on arrival and the crowd's joy mixed with tears at remembered miseries.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 19The herdsman's daughter weeps for the slaughtered mother, and laughs at the calf's plight.read · scan
- p. 60–61The lady's beating and then tearful embrace of the dogs shows mixed anger and grief; the Khalifeh is troubled and curious.read · scan
- p. 135Alternating rapture, shame, fear and repentance.read · scan
- p. 180Pity moves the lady to give alms, and he nearly dies of joy over the gold.read · scan
- p. 272He is rejoiced at safety yet nearly loses reason recalling his wife's fate in the cavern.read · scan
- p. 333–335The King's joy at the birth turns to weeping and despair when the child vanishes beneath the sea.read · scan
- p. 375Ala-ed-Din is seized with a fever of grief on hearing the news, then cheers up at thought of the Lamp.read · scan
- p. 387Sorrow gives way to joy for the princess, the Sultan, the mother and Ala-ed-Din.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 175Dante feels joy meeting Nino and fear at the serpent.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 248–249Sorrow and gladness alternate; do not despair when comfort is taken away.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 197Percivale and Galahad weep at parting; Launcelot feels a joy surpassing all earthly joys.read · scan
Amerigo Vespucci, Amerigo Vespucci's Account of His First VoyageVol. 43
- p. 28Timorous natives turn to friendliness; lamentations mingled with rejoicing at the reception.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 396–397The Duke's sudden furious anger at Cellini gives way to warmth and delight at his children's friendliness.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 244Cardenio's rage, fear of loss and sorrow drive him back to Lucinda; his gladness sets and he is left dazed.read · scan
- p. 357Sudden recognition among Cardenio, Dorothea, Lucinda and Don Fernando provokes outcries, a swoon, amazement and speechless confusion.read · scan
- p. 366Joy of lovers and Sancho's grief at lost hopes of a lordship.read · scan
A Sweet Lullaby; Preparations; The Unfaithful ShepherdessVol. 40
- p. 197–199Grief and shame of the abandoned mother, with tender joy in her babe.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkVol. 46
- p. 152Violence of grief or joy destroys itself; joy and grief turn to each other on slight cause.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 310Gloucester's heart bursts between joy and grief; Albany nearly dissolves hearing the tale.read · scan
William Drummond, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 329Fortitude of mind amid ruin; lover's joy and sorrow that past pleasures double new woe.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 331Adam's sadness turns to joy at the rainbow, tempering grief for a destroyed world.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 172–173Laughter and tears mix, as when Jacob kissed and wept at seeing Rachel.read · scan
- p. 312–313Children's weeping is contrasted with the joyful music of Great-heart and Valiant at her departure.read · scan
Samuel Johnson, Preface to ShakespeareVol. 39
- p. 213–214Mingled scenes produce intended vicissitudes of passion, laughter and sorrow.read · scan
David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingVol. 37
- p. 381–382Surprise and wonder are agreeable passions inclining men to believe miraculous tales and delight in exciting others' admiration.read · scan
Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulVol. 24
- p. 31–32Escape from danger leaves the mind sober, awed, in a tranquillity shadowed with horror, as Homer's fugitive shows.read · scan
- p. 32After violent emotion the mind stays in a like condition, like the sea after a storm, mixing terror and surprise.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 150The monstrous tragi-comic scene provokes mixed passions: contempt and indignation, laughter and tears, scorn and horror.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 323–324Minna reflects on women as tender yet proud, virtuous yet vain, passionate yet innocent; joy turns her head.read · scan
- p. 371–372Tellheim's rage gives way to happiness as the misunderstanding dissolves.read · scan
- p. 374Werner's pique gives way to good humour, tears and reconciliation with Tellheim.read · scan
Charles Dibdin, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 502Mirth turned to melancholy at the loss of a beloved shipmate.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 25–26Ecstasy, rapture and despair alternate in Faust.read · scan
- p. 31–33Despair, rapture and humiliation move Faust after the vision.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 339–340Youthful lightness of mind effaces pain quickly; the doctor is vexed at crowds gaping.read · scan
William Blake, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 587–588Joy and woe woven fine; a passion in you does harm.read · scan
William Wordsworth, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 628–630The speaker's sadness at silence gives way to delight and pensive recollection.read · scan
- p. 641–643Joy in the linnet's song mingles with sad thoughts in pleasant mood.read · scan
- p. 647–649Simon's tears of gratitude prompt reflection that men's gratitude is rarely so ready.read · scan
- p. 658–659Joy on the moor sinks into dejection; fears and dim sadness follow high delight.read · scan
- p. 661–663Terror, joy and hope succeed each other as she sees her husband's apparition.read · scan
- p. 672–674Sudden joy turns to the sharpest pang on remembering the loss of one entombed.read · scan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient MarinerVol. 41
- p. 687–688Joy at the sighted sail turns to horror and fear as the ship approaches.read · scan
- p. 696–698Joy at home-coming mingles with fear and longing on seeing his native harbour.read · scan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 703–704Grief and joy of old age and of love expressed.read · scan
- p. 705–707Pity, fear, hope, shame and delight thrill Genevieve as she weeps and flees to him.read · scan
- p. 717–719Christabel smiles and weeps in her trance.read · scan
Thomas Campbell, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 778–780Joy at victory is tempered by thought of the dead beneath the sea.read · scan
George Washington, Washington's First Inaugural AddressVol. 43
- p. 225He describes a conflict of emotions, anxiety and despondence, at accepting the presidency.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 32–33Don Abbondio's fear turns to indignation once safe; Renzo's suppressed rage softens into apology.read · scan
- p. 53Sights increase the friar's sadness and his presentiment of misfortune.read · scan
- p. 85–86Rodrigo's rage and astonishment mingle with sudden mysterious fear.read · scan
- p. 150She feels tumultuous joy on leaving the monastery, then painful exclusion at home.read · scan
- p. 150–151Her restlessness, secret joy, and terror at her father's footsteps dramatize her feelings.read · scan
- p. 153–155Rage, humiliation, longing for other faces, and sudden joy and sorrow alternate in her confinement.read · scan
- p. 165–166Gertrude's shame, vexation and dread of her father's frown, and her transient joy at his satisfaction.read · scan
- p. 260–261His thoughts are a medley of repentance, disquietude, revenge and tenderer feelings.read · scan
- p. 346He watches the joyful crowds with curiosity, wondering what common gladness moves so many people.read · scan
- p. 385His relief gives way to a swarm of new anxieties, like weeds on bare ground.read · scan
- p. 421–422Abbondio's petulant outburst is followed by the Cardinal's sudden shift to sorrowful gravity.read · scan
- p. 427–428Lucia's dejection and tears meet her mother's anxious hopefulness; grief overtakes the planned joy.read · scan
- p. 428–429Tears, consternation, and anger subdued by affection and pity mark the confession.read · scan
- p. 550Renzo is chagrined and discontented at the priest's fearful response and dismayed at his ruined property.read · scan
- p. 554–555Renzo's mixed tenderness and grief on seeing his country's sunrise, uncertain if Lucia is alive.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 49Disgust and anger at the frog give way to joy; Henry's grief and joy are shown.read · scan
- p. 60Princess's alarm at betrayal gives way to comfort when she hears of his loveread · scan
- p. 67–68Rapunzel's fear turns to trust, and the enchantress's rage turns to cruelty.read · scan
- p. 133–134Fear, joy at recognition and weeping at the brothers' hard conditions of release.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, A Defence of PoetryVol. 27
- p. 354–355Evanescent thoughts and feelings, delightful even in regret, are linked with enthusiasm of virtue, love, patriotism and friendship.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 844–845Poet bids Reflection, Despair, Care and Hope away to enjoy a moment's good after long pain.read · scan
Thomas Carlyle, Inaugural Address at EdinburghVol. 25
- p. 359He feels touched and moved by the rectorship, expressible only in silence.read · scan
John Keats, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 892–893Madeline's fears and sense of betrayal give way to trust.read · scan
Victor Hugo, Preface to CromwellVol. 39
- p. 383Audience is led from laughter to heart-breaking emotion, resting one impression by another.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, FriendshipVol. 5
- p. 105The stranger's coming stirs an uneasiness between pleasure and pain in a household's hearts.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, CirclesVol. 5
- p. 152Fluctuating moods and disillusion with friends and persons once admired.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, NatureVol. 5
- p. 232A young person's diary is sacred and wet with tears, and the friend's cold response brings astonishment and vexation.read · scan
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 940–941Old griefs, smiles and tears fill the love; sad dreams and wailing contrasted with God's gift of sleep.read · scan
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1309A passing feeling of sadness crosses her soul like the shadow of a cloud.read · scan
Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the BeagleVol. 29
- p. 286Feeling of triumph and pride from a grand view; misgivings and pity over a lone sailor's bed.read · scan
- p. 309Survivors surprisingly active and cheerful; children play happily while parents are miserable.read · scan
- p. 311–312Darwin feels humiliation at the desolation, but compassion is quickly displaced by surprise and interest.read · scan
- p. 325–326Delight in finding fossil shells makes him forget the puna; he is glad to be alone with the sublime scene.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1036–1037Grief over his mother's dying and bitterness at her ruin blend with delight in love.read · scan
- p. 1039–1041Buried hatred gives a light, almost giddy joy, checked by the brother's arrival.read · scan
Oliver Wendell Holmes, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1367–1369Sadness and comic mockery mingle in the poem about the old man.read · scan
Robert Browning, A Blot in the 'ScutcheonVol. 18
- p. 388–392Tresham's bitterness contrasts with Mertoun's hopeful joy.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1069–1070Renunciation and gratitude in loss; joy and fear as she lay on his breast.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 43Narrator's peculiar sensation and anticipation on being surrounded by land again.read · scan
- p. 136He feels a glow of pleasure and solemnity in solitude after a laborious, wearing life.read · scan
- p. 268Relief and joy at leaving California mixed with regret at leaving the old ship and shipmates.read · scan
- p. 274–275Cheers at parting, joy at heading home contrasted with the California's crew doomed to hard service on the hated coast.read · scan
- p. 320General joy at sighting Staten Land, marking passage of the Cape, despite its desolation.read · scan
Walt Whitman, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1417–1418Joy and grief mingled in the carol, welcoming death with gladness.read · scan
Frank Aretas Haskell, The Battle of GettysburgVol. 43
- p. 353–354Sudden revulsion of sense and feeling after the fight, the painful stillness.read · scan
- p. 388–389Hopes, fears, rage and joy of the battle passion subside, with joy the maddest; pity for the dead follows.read · scan
- p. 400The enemy's jubilance turns to sobriety and fear as their hopes are reversed.read · scan
- p. 404Exhilaration at the victory sustains him despite exhaustion and a painful bruise.read · scan
Algernon Charles Swinburne, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1204–1206Sorrow and joy uncertain; lovers' sorrow and joy played in lyrical conceits.read · scan
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