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young-eyed
[ yuhng-ahyd ]
adjective
- clear-eyed; bright-eyed.
- having a youthful outlook; enthusiastic; fresh.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of young-eyed1
Example Sentences
Great purity Shone from her—not the young-eyed innocence Of her whom first I saw, but that which comes From wider knowledge, which restrains the tide Of passionate youth, and leads the musing soul By the calm deeps of Wisdom.
Sit, Jessica: Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold; There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims: Such harmony is in immortal souls; But, whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.—
They were still at it, laboring like slaves, putting their backs into it like ditch-diggers, exalted as young-eyed cherubim, when Jeanne came discreetly to the door to look in on them.
There's not the meanest orb, which thou behold'st, But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims; Such harmony is in immortal souls.
There are swearing, ribald sergeants in The Eve of St. Mark as well as young-eyed privates.
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