trustful

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So when a hope, the heart hath long held fast, Trustful, still striving toward its highest goal, Fulfilment's portals open finds at last;—Sudden from those eternal depths doth roll An over-powering flame;—we stand aghast!

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Francke, Kuno

We'll have to change our names; I'll be Roy Rescue, you be Pee-wee Pinkerton, the boy sleuth, and Tom'll be Tom Trustful.

From Tom Slade at Temple Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

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

Clasp hands, Sir Trustful; but not kiss—nay, nay!

From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Fulton, Robert I.

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)