Simmonds stepped to the window, threw open the shutters, and let a flood of afternoon sunshine into the room.

Not till the end of May did Spring really climb the mountains, and the snow finally vanish, and then the days, apart from the facts of war, were perfect, blue sky and sunshine all day long among the warm aromatic pines and the freshness of the mountain air.

When he might have taken advantage of his victory, he chose rather to seek enjoyment from it, and, leaving Rome, to march into Campania and to Tarentum, where both he and his army soon lost their vigor, so that it was justly remarked that "Capua proved a Cannæ to Hannibal"; since the sunshine of Campania and the warm springs of Baiæ subduedwho could have believed it?him who had been unconquered by the Alps and unshaken in the field.

But the fact is, we've entered at last the Land of Enchantment, and every mile now will bring us nearer and nearer to the roses and sunshine.

" "There's sunshine here now," declared the Major.

"If we've brought a bit of sunshine into your life we've reaped an ample reward in your companionship.

It was not pleasant, but we did not despair, for we knew the world is not all desert and that the land of roses and sunshine lay just beyond.

Why don't you step out bravely into the roses and sunshine of life, and find the joy that has been denied you?" He looked into her eyes almost fearfully, but it seemed to her that his own held a first glimmer of hope.

"On Sunday, the 20th, nothing of importance occurred until the afternoon, when there was an interval of feeble sunshine, which was hardly powerful enough to warm the soaking troops.

But you never dreamed 'twas sin; Your heart was white as a lily's heart, When it drinks the sunshine in.

So we stand before the tender judgment-seat Of the world, and it calls me vile, So low that it is a wonder God will let His joyous sunshine gild my guilty head with its smiles, An outcast barred beyond the pale of hope, Beyond the lamp of their mercy's flickering light, They would scarcely wonder if the earth should ope And swallow up the wretch from their vexed sight.

Her violet velvet curtains trail Down to the floor, But brightly God's rich sunshine streams Into my cottage door; And not a picture on her walls, Hath beauty unto me, Like that which from my window frame I daily lean to see.

" Time's waves that roll so swift and fleet Have borne you far from me, my sweet, Have borne you to a sunny bay, Where brightest sunshine gilds your way, Do these words ever dim your sky Sweetheart, good-by, sweetheart, good-by?

But I miss the sunshine of my youth, The summer of my heart.

But I miss the sunshine of my youth, The summer of my heart.

Yes, Nature's smile, the wary while, Wears all its olden truth, But I miss the sunshine of my heart, The summer of my youth.

The ground was dry again, while the breeze was cool and sweet, smelling of wet foliage and bringing sunshine and shade in frequent and very pleasing alternation.

Here we have wide streets, green lawns, fresh air, and bright sunshine; all conducive to that blooming state of health which our honourable judge now, apparently, enjoys.

The wide hall was dark and gloomy until Elsie Morris flung open the door at the other end, and let in the December sunshine.

Her old home had come back to her, she was the mistress of a large fortune, she stood, as it were, bathed in the sunshine of prosperity; but her heart fell cold and dead, and the sunshine, bright as it was, well-nigh dazzling, indeed, had no warmth in it.

Her old home had come back to her, she was the mistress of a large fortune, she stood, as it were, bathed in the sunshine of prosperity; but her heart fell cold and dead, and the sunshine, bright as it was, well-nigh dazzling, indeed, had no warmth in it.

And all things reeled around him: he could see Not that which was, nor that which should have been But the old mansion and the accustom'd hall, And the remembered chambers, and the place, The day, the hour, the sunshine and the shade, All things pertaining to that place and hour.

Our honeymoon was not all sunshine; it had its clouds.

It was a beautiful morning; and by nine o'clock, when Tom and Jimmy Barrows arrived, the lawn and sloping knoll at the east of it were bright and dry with sunshine.

There are particular states of the weather that frequently call out the birds of this species into a general concert at other periods of the dayas when rain is suddenly followed by sunshine, or when a clear sky is suddenly darkened by clouds, presenting to them a sort of occasional morn and occasional even.