trustful
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The two small hands, that now are pressed In his, seem made to be caressed, They lie so warm and soft and still, Like birds half hidden in a nest, Trustful, and innocent of ill.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Trustful Kashmir will advance from its remoteness to a place accessible from anywhere.
From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor
Trustful in this fine weather, we kept the house for kitchen and bedroom, and used the platform as our summer parlour.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Trustful as the birds and flowers, Tho' our spring of joy be late, Tho' we long for brighter hours, We must ever learn to wait.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated by Dodge, Mary Mapes
Trustful and fearless, he often comes within a few feet of you, and fixes you with his keen little eyes, which dart out innumerable interrogation points.
From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
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