 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
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH- YARD. GRAY. THE curfew tolls/ the kne'll of parting da'y ; I The lowing he'rd/ winds slowly o"er the le'a ; ! # The...plow'man home'ward/ plo'ds his weary wa'y, | And leaves the wo'rld/ — to darkness, and to m'e. J Now fades the glimm'ring lan'dscape/ on the sig'ht, And... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 424 pages
...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 holds ; Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, And... | |
 | 1847 - 312 pages
...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 holds ; Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, And... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 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 beetle wheels his drony flight, And... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 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 on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 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...the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to the moon complain 10 Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bow'r. Molest... | |
 | Alan D. Chalmers - 1995 - 188 pages
...prospect of his own impending death: The Curfew tolls the Knell of parting Day, The lowing Herd wind slowly o'er the Lea, The Plow-man homeward plods his weary Way, And leaves the World to Darkness, and to me.16 The quiet rural world of the elegy "dies" with him, is obscured... | |
 | Philip Hobsbaum - 1996 - 220 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. This verse-pattern is far better suited to the topic of Gray's 'Elegy' — untimely death and... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...Epistulae ad Lucilium, epistle 70, set. 1 1 . 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. THOMAS GRAY, (1716-1771) British poet. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," st. 1-2 (1751).... | |
 | Bill Myers - 1997 - 340 pages
...seventy. She let up some, but not much. The curfew tolls the knell of parting 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. Momma sat in the front pew, keeping her eyes fixed on the Reverend... | |
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