 The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd 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 solemn stillness...  English grammar and composition - Page 156by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853Full view - About this book
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...By the promise that God hath given." Gould. ELEGY WBITTEN IN A COUNTBY CHIJBCHTAHD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly...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... | |
 | Eduard Fiedler - 1850 - 768 pages
...In circle following circle gathers round To close the face of things. Gray, elegy. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day The lowing herds wind slowly...the lea The ploughman homeward plods his wear.y way And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering; landscape on the sight And all... | |
 | Eduard Fiedler - 1850 - 344 pages
...In circle following circle gathers round To close the face of things. Gray, elegy. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day ; The lowing herd 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... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...poet-laureate, but did not accept the appointment. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. v THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day ; The lowing herds wind slowly...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 Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...bliss, Tis folly to be wise. GBAT. CHAPTER X. ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly...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... | |
 | 1851 - 278 pages
...lies the head that wears a crown. SHAKSPEARE. ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly...the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape 011 the sight* ' And... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...others arc, to feel, and know myself a man. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly...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... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 634 pages
...— Five measures, xa ; with regularly alternate rhymes, and arranged in stanzas. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homewards plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. GRAY. 9. Rhymes royal. —... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...common heroics, except that the lines regularly alternate, and are arranged in stanzas. The curfew tolls Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard i plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. — GRAY. RHYME KOTAL.... | |
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