 ELEGY 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 his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on...  Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature - Page 363by Robert Chambers - 1902Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 lehte
...occasion." See Scott's Critical Essays, Svo. 1785.] JL HE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day (k), The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman...The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 lehte
...be employed on the occasion." 1 HE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day (r), The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds [3Q]. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 lehte
...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. Now fades the glimmering...yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the onoon complain Of such, as wandering near her secret '• bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 lehte
...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. Now fades the glimmering...The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms , that... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 lehte
...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. Now fades the glimmering...from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the•moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 lehte
...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. Now fades the glimmering...folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The mopeing owl does to the moon complain Of such, as wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 lehte
...the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save...The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 lehte
...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... | |
 | 1854 - 800 lehte
...glimmering landscape on the sight." And in the next, we have advanced into the perfect moonlight : — " Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping...moon complain, Of such as, wandering near her secret bow'r, Molest her ancient solitary reign." It may be argned, indeed, that time does not. stand atill... | |
 | 1854 - 758 lehte
...air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinkling! lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled...tower. The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such a>, wandering near her went bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. It exactly corresponds to it... | |
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