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... The Handbook of Quotations - Page 641913 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...(k), 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. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...(r), 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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds [3Q]. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such... | |
| Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...ELEGY WRITTEN IN COUNTRr CHURCH-TARD. T. HE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the onoon complain Of such,... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...again. ELEGY, Written in a Country Church-yard. BY GRAY. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman...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 drony flight. And... | |
| Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. AN ELEGY. 1 • 1 HE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea , The plowman homeward plods 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...Writteu in A COUNTRY CIIUnCH-YARD. JL HE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The mopeing owl does to the moon complain Of such,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...ChurchYard. Gray. TIIK curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er tile utward show ; That we hvniii! never looks esteem....fuolj as wi»e as you might seern. Would ye conte glimm'ringlandsonpe on thesight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. And leaves the world to darkness aud to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,...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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pages
...IV A COUNTRY CHURCH- YARD. BY MR. GRAY. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing htrd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods...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... | |
| John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...Jan. 1783. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. 'TflE 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. ' — — The Jcnell of parting day,} — — — Squilla di lontano,... | |
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