 THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, 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 landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness...  Specimens of the British poets - Page 188by British poets - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...Elegy written in a Country Church-yard. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glittering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...of Carlisle. MACAULAY. ELEGY IN A COUNTEY CHUECHYAED. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 pages
...passions Example. EI.EGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman...leaves the world to darkness and to me." Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD.1 The Curfew tolls2 the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...AN ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD. — Gray. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...the skies ! ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.* The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 748 pages
..."SHEPHERDS ALL, AND MAIDENS FAIR, FOLD YOUR FLOCKS." The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | Max Kaluza - English language - 1911 - 422 pages
...Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard (1751): The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds Save where the beetle wheels... | |
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