Read full poem →At its wildest, indolence.
Hours of empty quietness,
No delight, and no distress.
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Poetry examples for “quietness”
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Read full poem →Canidius. Then, having reconciled the refugees and the people
of Byzantium, he left the city in peace and quietness; and so
sailed to Cyprus, where he found a royal treasure of plate, tables,
Read full poem →wisdom. With these views, while his advice at home was always
for peace and quietness, he nevertheless held the office of general
more frequently than any of the statesmen, not only of his own’
Read full poem →Upon the running river;
It lieth no less in its quietness,
For that which resteth never:
Read full poem →Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness,
Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,
Read full poem →And birds were hushed; and peace was growing;
And quietness crept up the hill;
Read full poem →All soothers of sense their soft virtue shall yield,
And quietness pillow his head.
Read full poem →All soothers of sense their soft virtue shall yield,
And quietness pillow his head.