 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - Readers - 1883 - 366 pages
...COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1884 - 56 pages
...wrote in a Country Church-Yard. THE Curfeu 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 Darknefs & to me. Now fades the glimm'ring Landscape on the Sight, And now the Air a solemn Stillnefs holds... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - Readers - 1884 - 524 pages
...gloom. un fath'om^d, unmeasured. 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... | |
 | Brian Short - History - 1992 - 260 pages
...in the opening nine stanzas: 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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Written In a Country Churchyard 7 The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly S-P; HAP; H . the world to darkness and to me. (1. 1-4) Gray POETRY QUOTATIONS Gray 8 Let not Ambition mock their... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...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. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a... | |
 | Reuven Tsur - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1992 - 196 pages
...and nasals are capitalized. 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. The second and third stanzas, like the first, continue, so far as... | |
 | Jay Amberg - Education - 1994 - 436 pages
...Country Churchyard," which begins: 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. See poetry. 136 An element is a substance composed of atoms that have... | |
 | Bill Myers - Fiction - 1997 - 340 pages
...She let up some, but not much. 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. Momma sat in the front pew, keeping her eyes fixed on the Reverend... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...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. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a... | |
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And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds... 
