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Famous Quietened Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Tebb, Barry
...ailway.



I began this prayer of poetry in poverty

And this never-ending song started in silence

After the bells quietened and Sunday was in

Church or still in bed as I watched the tusky

Growing in the fecund darkness. The shed was

Holy, warm and in wonder I felt it move and

On my scooter I flew over the holy stones of

Jerusalem the Golden.



My wide eyes wandered over the Aire at the

Coal barges as they snaked beneath the bridge

In black tarpaulin shro...Read more of this...



by Alighieri, Dante
..., 
 The Master's great interpreter, - but these 
 Are few to those I saw, an endless dream 
 Of shades before whom Hell quietened and cowered. My theme, 
 With thronging recollections of mighty names 
 That there I marked impedes me. All too long 
 They chase me, envious that my burdened song 
 Forgets. - But onward moves my guide anew: 
 The light behind us fades: the six are two: 
 Again the shuddering air, the cries of Hell 
 Compassed, and where we walked the ...Read more of this...

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