Read full poem →I saw thee sit there in disconsolate sighs,
Where the hall of thy fathers a ruined heap lies.
Origin
Late Middle English, from Latin 'disconsolatus' meaning 'inconsolable'.
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Poetry examples for “disconsolate”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Save for a cry that echoes shrill
From some lone bird disconsolate;
A corncrake calling to its mate;
Read full poem →In empty infinite spaces dwell,
Disconsolate. For, all the night,
I heard the thin gnat-voices cry,
Read full poem →Shudders to drizzling daybreak that reveals
Disconsolate men who stamp their sodden boots
And turn dulled, sunken faces to the sky
Read full poem →Shudders to drizzling daybreak that reveals
Disconsolate men who stamp their sodden boots
And turn dulled, sunken faces to the sky
Read full poem →Up a disconsolate straggling village street
I saw the tired troops trudge: I heard their feet.
Read full poem →Shudders to drizzling daybreak that reveals
Disconsolate men who stamp their sodden boots
And turn dulled, sunken faces to the sky