 | John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 sidor
...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 sidor
...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... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 sidor
...well-stored nest The ant may care discard ; And plenty find and sweetest rest, Brave industry's reward. ANON. Elegy written in a Country Church-yard. The curfew...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 glittering... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 sidor
...sublime eloquence; but the one which has immortalized him as a poet, is the perfect gem which we copy. AN ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. 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... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 sidor
...beneath the beeehen The lays of shepherds, and their loves have played. аи ^aliaïr for fuíg. GRAY'S a l A 'S , # U b q q Q. * Oȼ ٴ + y + M day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er tho lea, The ploughman homeward plode his weary way, And leaves... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 sidor
...Adversity, and his Ode to Eton College, are all classical performances. The first is given entire. , ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 sidor
...succession of poets after Milton's time. ELEOY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD.1 The Curfew tolls2 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 - 1858 - 424 sidor
...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 and to me. — G&AY. RHYME ROYAL. § 531. Seven lines of heroics, with the last... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 sidor
...out his light and go to bed. • 1. 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 glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 sidor
...love and to forgive; Exact my own defects to scan, What others are, 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 o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves... | |
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 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. 
