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... English and Scottish Sketches - Page 100by Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...Carlisle. MACAULAY. ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. 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... | |
| William Russell - 1844 - 428 pages
...its drooping wings. Low pitch of utterance : 1. 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 from the sight, And all the air... | |
| William Collins - 1844 - 324 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 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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...Stoke Pogeis Church, and Tomb of Gray. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind . the world to darknesn and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a... | |
| 1844 - 504 pages
...continuance of his toils. Not till " The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, And lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world ," too late to reach the house of God, or the humbler chamber where two or three are met... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...the passions, ELECT "WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. 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... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...written in a Country Church Yard. — GRAY 1. 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. * Lea, a meadow, or plain. 2. Now fades the glimmering landscape on... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 pages
...Gloom, or Melancholy mingled with Grandeur* " 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 pages
...sincerest thanks. JOHN MARTIN. LONDON. Oct. 10th, 1831. 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. w* I. LENOX »ND II. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,... | |
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