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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... "
Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ... - Page 299
edited by - 1864
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

1863 - 982 pages
...The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The-clpughman homeatard plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering...yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath...
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The poetical reader for school and home use, ed. by J.C. Curtis

John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...day, The lowing herds wind 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...yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath...
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Half-hours with our sacred poets [an anthology] ed. by A.H. Grant

Half hours - 1863 - 408 pages
...day, The lowing herds wind 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...tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy -mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret...
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...day, The lowing herd wind 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 j Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such...
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Scraps. [An anthology, ed.] by H. Jenkins

esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...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...yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain, Of such, as wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath...
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The Revised Lesson Book for Standard I(-vi) of the Revised Code of the ...

Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - 200 pages
...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...yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret hower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath...
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From Dan to Beersheba: Or the Land of Promise as it Now Appears, Including a ...

John Philip Newman - 1864 - 508 pages
...: "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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds."1 A solitary light shone from the minaret of Hebron as we entered its ancient portal. " Strangers...
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From Dan to Beersheba: Or the Land of Promise as it Now Appears, Including a ...

John Philip Newman - 1864 - 504 pages
...' ' 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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds."1 A solitary light shone from the minaret of Hebron as we entered its ancient portal. " Strangers...
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Wise Sayings of the Great and Good

Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 pages
...; The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world — to darkness and to me. Now fades the...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. EVENING wooed by Thetis. Sink, shining god — tired nature halts ; and parch'd Earth needs...
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Lyra sacra, being a collection of hymns ancient and modern, odes and ...

Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1865 - 310 pages
...T. IV. .)/. XXXVII. THE CHURCHYARD. HE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day ; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homewards plods...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering...
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