Desirous

He is desirous of going abroad.

She was desirous of her son's success.

It seems they've always been petting each other in that desirous way.

But what a woman says to her desirous lover ought to be written in the wind and the fast-moving water.

Every superfluous garment was thrown aside, and the sun beamed forth as if desirous of gazing at the charms which were exposed to his rays.

Philetas said that they who are smitten by Love, become sad; so are we sad: — that they care neither for food nor drink; nor do we: — that they cannot sleep; nor can we:— that they burn; and we feel a fire within us: — that they are always desirous of each other's company; and all we long for is that daylight may soon return. So our disorder must be Love, and we have learnt to love each other without being conscious of it.

Every day she saw Daphnis drive his goats past her house, taking them to pasture in the morning, and home again at night; and being desirous of enticing him to love, she began to watch him and at last surprised him when he was alone.

Desirous of remaining a maiden, Echo shunned the sight of all males, whether they were men or gods.

The goats came and grazed near them, as if they also were desirous of partaking of the festival.

Ravenswood fixed upon her his keen dark eyes, as if he was desirous of penetrating into her very soul.