Literary notes about Quiesce (AI summary)
The term "quiesce" is employed with rich versatility in literature, ranging from political discourse to poetic lamentation. It appears as both a directive and a descriptor, often invoking a sense of calm resignation or cessation. In some texts, it conveys a refusal to yield or submit under pressure, as seen when a nation consciously resists external claims [1]. In other contexts, particularly in traditional poetic and liturgical compositions, it acts as an entreaty for stillness or repose, evoking a solemn mood or the quieting of sorrow [2], [3], [4], [5]. Additionally, it can denote the act of concluding fate or softening the impact of one's destiny, as illustrated when fate is metaphorically being wrapped in shadowed miracle [6]. This layered employment of "quiesce" enriches its literary significance across diverse genres and settings.
- But Roumania does not ac [146] quiesce in this claim, and appoints its own agents, who are quasi-recognized by the powers to whom they are accredited.
— from Camp, Court and Siege
A Narrative of Personal Adventure and Observation During Two Wars: 1861-1865; 1870-1871 by Wickham Hoffman - [2701] Quiesce, quiesce miser in linteis tuis, Non cernis etenim quae videre te putas.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Jam moesta quiesce querela, 69 , 72 , 410 .
— from The Latin Hymn-writers and Their Hymns by Samuel Willoughby Duffield - It is he who in the Jam moesta quiesce querela struck the first notes which were to vibrate in the Dies irae .
— from The Latin Hymn-writers and Their Hymns by Samuel Willoughby Duffield - Jam moesta quiesce querela, Lacrymas suspendite matres, Nullus sua pignora plangat: Mors haec reparatio vitae est.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 07, April 1868 to September, 1868 by Various - And they were ready to quiesce his fate, and sought Some shadowed miracle to wrap his shade.
— from Montezuma: An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Hiram Hoyt Richmond