 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 pages
...supposed to have arisen iu the mind of the poet.] 1. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The plowman...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air. a solemn stillness holds, 446 3. Save that, from yonder ivy-manllcd tower,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...regardful of thy quiet rule, Thy gentlest influence own, And love thy favourite name ! W. Collins CXLVII ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD The curfew...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. Save that from... | |
 | James Thomson - 1861 - 480 pages
...1766, of the Seat and Ruins of a Deceased Nobleman, at Kingsgate, Kent ... 4i4 GEAY'S POETICAL WORKS. ELEGY. WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. THE curfew...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 shades the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1861 - 470 pages
...mortal, and ends by commend ine the soul of the defunct to heaven! Example. EI,EGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTKY CHURCHYARD. 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 pages
...all-devastating flight . Thou only God ! There is no God beside ! 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. EXERCISE ON RATE. Select a sentence, and deliver it as slow as may... | |
 | Peter Robinson - 1972 - 312 pages
...is established and well-known ; perhaps we think of 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. Then we look at the way The Book of the Duchess begins, and gasp.... | |
 | Patrick Boyde - 1985 - 38 pages
...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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds: and you will remember that Gray establishes the mood appropriate for his Elegy by linking the... | |
 | Stein Haugom Olsen - 1987 - 246 pages
...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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; It is true that cattle do not normally 'low' or 'wind' their way at sunset, and that 'drowsy... | |
 | Dennis Wood - 1987 - 132 pages
...further reverie, one which seems to contain a memory of the opening lines of Gray's Elegy ('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') perhaps one of the English poems Adolphe read with... | |
 | 1993 - 412 pages
...day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary day, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds: 工凡它EPitaA Hereres 打A 七伽切印on 柚， 坤吋切咄 人you 柚toFor 加neon 』... | |
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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. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness... 
