be full of excitement

with an abstracted air

knowledgeable(broad-minded)

gather life's roses(be on the tiles; go to town; paint the lover red)

kind and genial wife and good mother

breezes at dawn and the fading moon

devise means(explore every avenue; do one's best)

extremely lonely

assume something as a matter of course(take (something) for granted)

meet face to face on a narrow path

be extremely frightened(terror-stricken)

a smile of treachery

be in high spirits

pushing and yelling

grinning cheekily

get off one's horse to look at the flowers --go deep into the realities of life and make thorough investigations

be sincerely convinced (be won round completely)

side issues

be confused(casual; be all abroad)

turn over a new leaf