| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 страници
...myself a man. ELEGY 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... | |
| 1849 - 1188 страници
...remind us of the 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... | |
| Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 страници
...XIII. Elegy written 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 his weary way, . And leaves the world to darkness and to me. 2. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 страници
...estimate ! ELEGY 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... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 страници
...Inflection is capable of perverting the meaning. 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'. The author has marked the inflections and pauses in thia... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 420 страници
...dew of 50 heaven. Jer. Taylor. 111. Gray's Elegy. 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. 2 Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight,... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 страници
...me there. AN ELEGY, WRITTEN 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... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 страници
...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 {Jain. 2. Now fades the glimmering... | |
| 1839 - 300 страници
...Churchyard, was thus 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 Eee, and here I be ! Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And... | |
| 1839 - 894 страници
...name 1 Gray stole from this the id«a of his Elegy ! " 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 leave* the world to darkness and to mo. " Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl... | |
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