 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...of mind, than his poetry. They are among the most pleasing epistolary compositions in the language. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. THE curfew...parting day; The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the '— • The ploughman homeward plods his r And leaves the world—to darkner Now fades the glimmering... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pages
...Where melancholy Friendship bends, and weeps. ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly...ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. • This Epitaph was written at the request of Mr.Frederic Montagu,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...GRAY'S ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. Reprinted according to Ike original copy. THE curfew tolls — the knell of parting day ! The lowing herd 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,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...Country Churchyard.—GRAY. 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,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...Country Churchyard. — GRAY. 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 Sroning flight,... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pages
...CAMPAGNE. THE COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. ELEGY. 1 HF 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 ,... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...written in a Country Churchyard. — GRAY? THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day ; The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight,. And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. THE curfew tolk the knell of parting day, The lowing herds 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...written in a Country Churchyard. The curfew to'ls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds P.owly sight, And nil the air a solemn stillness holds. Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, Ami... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 pages
...lovely picture sketched by Gray : — "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, And... | |
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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... 
