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... A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets - Seite 172von Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 715 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 Seiten
...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...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
| William Russell - 1854 - 398 Seiten
...deep Low pitch of utterance : 1. The curfew tolls, — the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape from the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 Seiten
...harmony to others. '1'lnansau's Seasons. The eurfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landseape on the eight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1855 - 444 Seiten
...The curfew tolls1 — | the knell of parting day_ ! | The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea1 ; | The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, | And...to me^ | Now fades the glimm'ring landscape" on the sight1, | And all the air a solemn stillness holds', | Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight',... | |
| Collection - 1856 - 120 Seiten
...sweetest rest, Brave industry's reward. ANON. Elegy written in a Country Church-yard. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glittering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
| Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 Seiten
...WRITTEN IK A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. THB curfew toll.- the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
| William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 Seiten
...COCNTKY CHCRCHYAIID. — Gray. The curfew tolls, the knell of parting clay ; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 Seiten
...contemplative delight." — Tuckcrman. THE curfew tolls1 the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the heetle... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 Seiten
...succession of poets after Milton's time. ELEOY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD.1 The Curfew tolls2 the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...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...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle... | |
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