 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...  Lyrical gleanings from various authors - Page 83by Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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...to me. Now fades the glimmering; landscape on the sight And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight And... | |
 | 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...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the ah- a solemn stillness holds ; Save whore the beetle wheels his droning flight,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1850 - 378 pages
...the time incorrect — and a knebl is not tolled for the parting, but for the parted — 'and leaves the world to darkness and to me.' 'Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight.' Here the incidents, instead of being progressive, fall back, and make the picture confused... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the len, The plowman homewards plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And ;>ll the air n solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 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...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day ; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 pages
...WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day ; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...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, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1851 - 378 pages
...is the time incorrect ; and a knell is not tolled for the parting, but for the parted. ' And leaves the world to darkness and to me.' ' Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight. Here the incidents, instead of being progressive, fall back, and make the picture confused and... | |
 | Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...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...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And... | |
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