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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.
  1. 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
  2. [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
  3. Jam moesta quiesce querela, 69 , 72 , 410 .
    — from The Latin Hymn-writers and Their Hymns by Samuel Willoughby Duffield
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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

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