 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...  The Book of Elegies - Page 97edited by - 1893 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. THE curfew tolk 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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...WBITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. Tut 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. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English wit and humor - 1839 - 320 pages
...made to do duty, after this fashion. 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 this is Christmas Eve, and here I be ! Now fades the glimmering landscape on "the sight, And all the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...written in a Country Churchyard. The curfew to'ls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds P.owly 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 nil the air a... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...lovely picture sketched by Gray : — "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... | |
 | 1844 - 630 pages
...you no opinion on such preparations. " The beetle hums the knell of parting day ; The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way." Thomas will take care of the rods and lines ; the latter especially, which should be well dried, ere... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...in a Country Churchyard. 1. THE curfew tolls — the knell of parting day — The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods...to me. 2. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...in a Country Churchyard.. 1. Tim 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 und to me. 2. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. TH E 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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...a Country Churchyard, — GRAY. THI 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 glimm'ring landscape on the sight', And all the air... | |
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