...ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day ; The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward...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 drony flight, And...

...is 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...

...o'er the globe, Companions of the spring. ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly...beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant fold : Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain...

...life to ambition and sordid avarice. 33. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard. THE curfew tolls — the knell of parting day, — The lowing herds wind...beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; — I Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon...

...yards together, seated. in; GBAY. Tns curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain...

.... William Measom . . 24 AN ELEGY. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : ..г/ Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the...

...day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the len, The plowman homewards plods his wcnry way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering...beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. i Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon...

...know the opening of Gray's Elegy by heart: The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds: and you will remember that Gray establishes the mood appropriate for his Elegy...

...Churchyard', with FW Halt-son's comments: The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. The ploughman homeward plods...beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; It is true that cattle do not normally 'low' or 'wind' their way at sunset,...

...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...