 THE curfew tolls the knell of parting 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. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness...  New National Third Reader - Page 431by Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward wends 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 holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight. And... | |
 | 1839 - 876 pages
...fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And nil the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy 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 bower,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 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...tinklings lull the distant folds: Save that from yonder ivy-rnantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering to her secret bower;... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantl'd tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bow'r,... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 298 pages
...fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings...the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to tbe moon complain Of such as wand'ring near her secret bow'r Molest her... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 324 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 landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the heetle wheels his droning flight, And... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods hie weary way, And leaves sight, And all the air л solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,... | |
 | 1849 - 600 pages
...the time incorrect — and a knell is not tolled for the parting, but for the parted — ' and leaves the world to darkness and to me.' ' Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight.' Here the incidents, instead of being progressive, fall back, and make the picture confused... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1844 - 684 pages
...day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward ploda his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the nir a solemn t.fillnet>ft holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,... | |
 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 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 landscape from the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight,... | |
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