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" 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... "
A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ... - Page 154
by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 570 pages
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...Critical Essays, Svo. 1785.] JL HE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day (k), The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...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 his...
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The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and ...

Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...which he supposes to be employed on the occasion." 1 HE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day (r), The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman...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 his...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...reigns. 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 glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...occasion." See Scott's Critical Essays, 8~no. 1785.] THE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day, r The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman...world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, r The Curfeia tolls the knell of...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...CHAP. X. Elegy -written in a Country Church" . Yard. JL HE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o^er the lea ; The ploughman...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 his...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...THOMAS GRAY. ELEGY. Written ia a Country Churck-Yard. ^HE 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 glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - 1809 - 308 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 ploughman homeward plods...world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save jvhere the beetle wheels his...
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The beauties of the poets: a collection of moral and sacred poetry, compiled ...

Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...reigns. 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 glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...written in a Country Churchyard,— THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day j The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods...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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The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his ...

Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...Ver. 2. The lowing herd wmd slowly o'er the lea] " The lowing herds through living pastures rove." The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves...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 his...
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