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By his birth he had gladdened the citizens but soon plunged them into grief.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Beneath the pines, where lonely camp-fires gleam, In seas forlorn, amid the deserts drear, How I had gladdened to that face of dream!

From Rhymes of a Rolling Stone by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

How Elsie would welcome the sight of those friendly faces which had gladdened her lonesome days!

From A Vanished Hand by Doudney, Sarah

Thus disappeared once more the light, the sunshine, which had gladdened me with its warmth, especially in the more recent part of my life.

From Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore. by Michaelis, Emilie

He had gladdened his eyes three times with a view of old General Bartholomew.

From The Imaginary Marriage by Cooper, Henry St. John