| Isaac Disraeli - 1851 - 518 pages
...ox In his loose tracen from the furrow came, And the s winkt hedger at his supper sat' Gray has, ' The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods hla weary way.' Warton has made an observation on this passage in Comus ; and observes further that... | |
| Class-book - 1852 - 152 pages
...is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. ffilegg toritten in a ©ountrj? CCi)u«f)sar&. 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... | |
| William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...robe, Become them with one half so good a grace As mercy does. SOLEMN DESCRIPTION. 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. -Two nights together,... | |
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...unseen by all, The sweet Lavinia. THOMSON. 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... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD1. 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. 2. Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air... | |
| William Collins - 1854 - 430 pages
...gallant youth ! this marble tells the rest, ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. TUB 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... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 786 pages
...alternate, and are arranged in stanzas. The 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 arid to me. — (JRAY. RHYME ROYAL. § 670. Seven lines of heroics, with the... | |
| John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 pages
...WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of pBrting 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 pages
...sing, And keep my lady from her rubbers. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. 1 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. 2 Now fades the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 pages
...sing, And keep my lady from her rubbers. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. 1 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. 2 Now fades the... | |
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