chear'd

And there, the flute that chear'd him in the wild.

The Mysteries of Udolpho Ann Ward Radcliffe 1793

Diffus'd its beams, and chear'd our gloom of night.

An elegy, sacred to the memory of the great divine, the Reverend and learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, who departed this life December 29, 1783, aetatis 59. by Phillis Peters. 1783

He can now pray for mercy and in his dying moments is vouchsafed assurance of forgiveness ( "Yet Heaven is gracious -- I ask'd for hope, as the bright presage of forgiveness, and like a light, blazing thro 'darkness, it came and chear'd me ...").

The Gamester (1753) Edward Moore 1734

This chear'd my Heart a little, and especially when in about half an Hour more, it blew a pretty small gentle Gale.

The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner 1719

As with the Sight, our Dreamer's Mind was chear'd;

Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions 1713

So chear'd he his fair Spouse, and she was chear'd,

The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700

Mean time my throbbing heart's chear'd up with this

Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight 1678

For ever prey'd on by remorfe, not chear'd By one faint gleam of what hath long fultain'd me,

Tragedies: By Hugh Downman, M.D. Hugh Downman 1792

Let them be chear'd, let the Ilarv'd prifoners riot.

The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790

He walk'd his rounds, and chear'd his bleft domain:

The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790