brightness (n.)
- acuity
- acuteness
- adroitness
- agility
- alertness
- aptitude
- aptness
- attention
- attentiveness
- auspiciousness
- beneficence
- benevolence
- benignancy
- benignity
- blare
- blaze
- blitheness
- brilliance
- brilliancy
- cheer
- cheerfulness
- chroma
- chromaticity
- cleverness
- color
- dexterity
- docility
- effulgence
- esprit
- facility
- favorableness
- flair
- flamboyance
- gaiety
- geniality
- genius
- gladness
- gladsomeness
- glamour
- glare
- glory
- happiness
- hopefulness
- hue
- intelligence
- intensity
- keenness
- lightness
- luckiness
- luster
- malleability
- motivation
- nimbleness
- nous
- optimism
- plasticity
- pleasantness
- pliability
- promptitude
- promptness
- propitiousness
- punctuality
- purity
- quick-wittedness
- quickness
- radiance
- radiancy
- readiness
- receptivity
- refulgence
- refulgency
- resplendence
- resplendency
- richness
- sanguineness
- saturation
- savvy
- sharpness
- sleeplessness
- smartness
- smarts
- splendor
- sublimity
- sunniness
- susceptibility
- talent
- tint
- tone
- value
- vividness
- wakefulness
- willingness
- winsomeness
O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
Angels are painted fair, to look like you:
There's in you all that we believe of heaven,—
Amazing brightness, purity, and truth,
Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
His form had yet not lost
All her original brightness, nor appear'd
Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess
Of glory obscur'd.
O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
Angels are painted fair, to look like you:
There's in you all that we believe of heaven,—
Amazing brightness, purity, and truth,
Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
