Famous Disquieted Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Disquieted poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous disquieted poems. These examples illustrate what a famous disquieted poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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August 17th

...Good for visiting hospitals or charitable work. Take some time to attend to your health.

Surely I will be disquieted
by the hospital, that body zone--
bodies wrapped in elastic bands,
bodies cased in wood or used like telephones,
bodies crucified up onto their crutches,
bodies wearing rubber bags between their legs,
bodies vomiting up their juice like detergent, Here in this house
there are other bodies.
Whenever I see a six-year-old
swimming in our aqua pool
a ...Read more of this...
by Sexton, Anne


Saul

...ts came. 
Saul saw, and fell to earth, as falls the oak, 
At once, and blasted by the thunderstroke. 

'Why is my sleep disquieted? 
Who is he that calls the dead? 
Is it thou, O King? Behold, 
Bloodless are these limbs, and cold: 
Such are mine; and such shall be 
Thine to-morrow, when with me: 
Ere the coming day is done, 
Such shalt thou be, such thy son. 
Fare thee well, bur for a day, 
Then we mix our mouldering clay. 
Thou, thy race, lie pale and low, 
Pierced by shafts...Read more of this...
by Byron, George (Lord)

Sonnet CXX

...ast our hopeless error know.Go, in some chosen moment, gently say,Our state disquieted and dark has been,Even as hers pacific and serene.Go, safe at last, for Love escorts your way:From my sun's face if right the skies I guessWell may my cruel fortune now be less. Macgregor....Read more of this...
by Petrarch, Francesco

Thou Whose Spell Can Raise the Dead

...s came. 
Saul saw, and fell to earth, as falls the oak, 
At once, and blasted by the thunder-stroke. 

"Why is my sleep disquieted? 
"Who is he that calls the dead? 
"Is it thou, Oh King? Behold 
"Bloodless are these limbs, and cold: 
"Such are mine; and such shall be 
"Thine, to-morrow, when with me: 
"Ere the coming day is done, 
"Such shalt thou be, such thy son. 
"Fare thee well, but for a day, 
"Then we mix our mouldering clay. 
"Thou, thy race, lie pale and low, 
"Pierc...Read more of this...
by Byron, George (Lord)

To a Republican Friend

...rue--
And for such doing have no need of eyes:
If sadness at teh long heart-wasting show
Wherein earth's great ones are disquieted:
If thoughts, not idle, while before me flow
The armies of the homeless and unfed:--
If these are yours, if this is what you are,
Then am I yours, and what you feel, I share....Read more of this...
by Arnold, Matthew


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