Hidden fields
Books Books
" THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind 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 Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 288
edited by - 1779
Full view - About this book

Young. Churchill. Lloyd. Falconer. Thomson

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 538 pages
...mcnas 3,us condent, nullo un: ruitora die: AN ELEGY, WJITTIN IK A COUNTRY CHURCH- YAH P. BY MR. GRAY. HE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind (lowly o'er the lea, plowman homeward plods his weary way, Aid leaves the world to darknef. and to...
Full view - About this book

Letters on Education, Volume 2

Elizabeth Hamilton - 1802 - 472 pages
...the conceptions flic forms from it. Two lines will be a fufficient example: " The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, " The lowing herd wind flowly o'er the lea." The curfew, it is more than probable, fhe has never heard of. Perhaps in fome of the " Beauties of Hiftory,"...
Full view - About this book

The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 8

Great Britain - 1804 - 540 pages
...«»JTTIN IM A COUNTRY CHU» CH- Y Л*Р BY MR. GRAY. r I ^ HE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, _£_ The lowing herd wind flowly o'er the lea, The plowman...weary way, And leaves the world to darknefs and to me. Kow fades the glimmering landfcape on the fight, And all the air a folemn ftillnefs holds, Save where...
Full view - About this book

The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 7

Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...others are, to feel, and know myfjf a man. ELEGY WRITTrN IM A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. THE Curfew tolls* the knell of parting day. The lowing herd wind flowly...lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way. And leavei the world to darfcnefs and to me. Now fades the glimmering landfcape on the fight, And all the...
Full view - About this book

The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ...

Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...claps his well-fledg'd wings, and bears away. at ELECY I . 'A 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 weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and...
Full view - About this book

Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...Country Church-yard. BY GRAY. 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...
Full view - About this book

Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ...

Hugh Murray - 1805 - 188 pages
...opposite tone of sentiment. 2. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Here the two rhymes, .way, me, immediately following each other, and...
Full view - About this book

Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ...

Hugh Murray - 1805 - 190 pages
...opposite tone of sentiment. 2. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Here the two rhymes, -way, me, immediately following each other, and...
Full view - About this book

Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
..., La tombe qu'ils avaient refusée à Narcisse. GRAY. X THE 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 weary way, And leaves the world to darkness ,...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...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 weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF