 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 страници
...with ideas of contemplative delight." — Tuckerman. THE curfew tolls' the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,8 And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 460 страници
...undisturbed by polemics. It is a quintessence of humanity. 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... | |
 | 1852 - 460 страници
...undisturbed by polemics. It is a quintessence of humanity. rpHE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, J- 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... | |
 | 1864 - 556 страници
...(Jray beautifully alludes to this when he says : — " 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." In some towns in England the curfew bell is tolled to... | |
 | 1852 - 638 страници
...beautifully Gray introduces the subject of his Elegy, with — The curfew loll" the knell of purling day. The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaven the world lo darkness mid to me. There are few towns and villages to this 'day, In which... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 страници
...undisturbed by polemics. It is a quintessence of humanity. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day. The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea. The ploughman homeward plods his weary wa}-. And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 200 страници
...sincereat thanks. JOHN MARTIN. Lano*i Oct. 10th, l-.u THE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, rrrSave... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 страници
...each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Cowper. 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... | |
 | William Russell - 1854 - 398 страници
...skims o'er the deep Low pitch of utterance : 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. Now fades the glimmering landscape from the sight, And... | |
 | 1854 - 158 страници
...a soothing charm in that simple stanza of 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." which, as it carries us back reflecting upon the manners... | |
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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... 
