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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... "
An excursion to Windsor, in July 1810. Also A sail down the river Medway ... - Page 367
by John Evans - 1817
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings...the distant folds. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bow'r, Molest...
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The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ...

Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings...the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the onoon complain Of such, as wandering near her secret '• bower,...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the heetle wheels his drony flight. And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her sacred how'r, Molest...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , And all the air a solemn stillness holds , Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight , And drowsy tinklings...distant folds: Save that , from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...the sight,. And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle wings his drony flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as,' wand'ring near her secret bow'r. Molest...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings...the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The mopeing owl does to the moon complain Of such, as wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...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 distant folds. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bow'r, Molest...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...thesight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, z p q r s , | } tow'r, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such, as wand' ring near her secret bow'r, Molest...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save jvhere the beetle wheels his drony flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain, Of such, as wand'ring near her secret bow'r, Molest...
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