 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...Ver. 2. The lowing herd wmd slowly o'er the lea] " The lowing herds through living pastures rove." The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : VARIATIONS. Ver. 8. And] Or, Ms. M. and W. NOTES. In the Diosemeia of Aratus, this picture... | |
 | England - 1849 - 802 pages
...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... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...wanting to complete the incantation : — The CCRFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The Ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me ! A'OUJ fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...written in a Country Churchyard. — GRAT. 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 the world to darkness and to me. Kow fades the glim'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...Written in a Country Church-yard. 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 met Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a... | |
 | England - 1854 - 758 pages
...The first stanza of the Elegy — " The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing held winds slowly o'er the lea. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me : " is thus rendered by Mr Smith : — " Rettulit cxsequias lucis vox... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...Churchyard. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting J^. ; , " The lowing herds wind slightly o'er theflIP? 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 the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...SBARPE. PICCADILLY; ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...too." WRITTEN IK A COUNTRY CHU11CH- YARD. THE cnrfew 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 glimmMng landscape^ on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...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 the world to darkness and to me. N ow fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air... | |
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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... 
