 The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, * The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness...  Studies in American and British Literature - Page 446by Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - 1905 - 557 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...(r), The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds [3Q]. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...again. ELEGY, Written in a Country Church-yard. BY GRAY. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the heetle wheels his drony flight. And... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...ChurchYard. Gray. TIIK curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er tile utward show ; That we hvniii! never looks esteem....fuolj as wi»e as you might seern. Would ye conte glimm'ringlandsonpe on thesight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 432 pages
...applied exclusively to man : " Even in our ashes live their wonted fires." Lincoln'* Inn, 15th Jan. 1783. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. *THE curfew...The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. * — The knell of parting day,] i Squilla di lontano, Che paia 'Igiorno... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pages
...IV A COUNTRY CHURCH- YARD. BY MR. GRAY. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing htrd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, And... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 686 pages
...ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. BY MR. CRAY. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way And leaves the world to darkness and to me. CARMEN ELEGÍ ACUM. IN СЛ5МЕТЕПЮ RUSTICO COMPOSITCM. AUDISTIN!... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...Jan. 1783. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. 'TflE curfew tolls the knell of parting day,» The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. ' — — The Jcnell of parting day,} — — — Squilla di lontano,... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...Written in a Country Church Yard, GRAY. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 pages
...sentiment : " The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, Tfre plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1815 - 376 pages
...will illustrate the above sentiment: " The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds. Save where the beetle... | |
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