| 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...leaves the 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... | |
| William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pages
...IN A COUNTRY CHURCH1ARB, JL HE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind flowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darknef: and tome. No«r lijes the glimm'ring landfcape on the fight, And all the air... | |
| 1806 - 408 pages
...CHURCH-YARD. (GRAY.J THE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, 1 he ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the gliinm'ring" landscape on the sight,. And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...Written in a Country Church-Yard. *TM1E curfew tollsj the knell of parting day, -^- The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves Ihe world to darkness and to me. * Bagged, *. e. the face of a witch or hap. The epithet hazard lias... | |
| Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...in a Country Cluirch Yard. JL HE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds ftowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darknefs and to me. Now fades the glimmering landfcape on the fight, And all the air a... | |
| 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...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 jvhere the beetle... | |
| 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...the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, And drowsy tinklings lull... | |
| 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...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 knell of... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
...WRITTEN IH A COUNTR\ CntRCU-YAHD. THE curfew tolls' the knell of parting 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 uie. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The 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 wheels his (Irony flight, And drowsy tinklings... | |
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