 | John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...3Z , POETRY. POETRY. ELEGY written in a COUNTRY CHURCH YARD. [By Mr. Gray.] TI 'HE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, -*- The lowing herd wind flowly...weary way, And leaves the world to darknefs and to me. i Now fades the glimmering landfcape on the fight, And all the air a folemn flillnefs holds, Save where... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...of parting day, The lowing herd wind flowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary wajv. And leaves the world to darknefs and to me. Now fades the glimmering landfcape on the fight,. And all the air a folemn ftill nefs holds, Save that, from yonder... | |
 | English periodicals - 1781 - 512 pages
...the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind flowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darknefs and to me. Now fades the glimmering landfcape on the fight, And all the air a folemn ftilnefs holds. Save where the beetle wheels... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 390 pages
...parting day, •*• The lowing herd wind flowly o'er the lea,, TSe plowman homeward plods his weary wayt And leaves the world to darknefs and to me. Now fades the glimmering landfeape on the fight* And all the air afolemn ftillnefs holds, Save where the beetle wheels... | |
 | 1782 - 500 pages
...ELEGY* WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD, BY MR. GRAY. TH E curfew tolls the knell of parting day b, The lowing herd wind flowly o'er the lea, The plowman...way, And leaves the world to darknefs and to me. Now a Dr. Johnfon obferves, that this Elegy abounds with images which find a mirrour in every mind, and... | |
 | John Young - 1783 - 124 pages
...WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. TH E Curfew tolls the knell of parting day *, The lowing herd winds flowly o'er the lea; The plowman homeward plods his...weary way, And leaves the world to darknefs and to me. II. Now fades the glimmering landfcape on the fight, And all the air a folemn ftillnefs holds ; Save... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...a COUNTRY CHURCH YARD. By GRAY. Read by Mr. SHERIDAN, at Freemafon's-Hall. ' I VHE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, •^ The lowing herd wind flowly...leaves the world to darknefs and to me. Now fades the glimmering landfcape on the light, And all the air' a folemn ftillnefs holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | 1785 - 304 pages
...Written in 1758. I ' / ] AN ELEGY Written in a COUNTRY CHURCH YARD. BY Mr. G ik A Y. THE curfew tails the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind flowly...leaves the world to darknefs and to me. Now fades the glimmering landfcape on the fight, And all the air a folemn ilillnct's holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...the poem muft, therefore, depend much on the manner for its importance : V. t. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day; The lowing herd wind flowly...leaves the world to darknefs and to me. Now fades the glimmering landfcape on the fight, And all the air a folemn ftillnefs holds, Save where the beetle... | |
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...written in a Country Church-Yard. GRSV. THE Curfew tolls the Knell of parting Day, The lowing Herd winds flowly o'er the Lea, The Plowman homeward plods his...leaves the World to Darknefs and to me. Now fades the glimmering Landfcape on the Sight, And all the Air a folemn Stillnefs holds, Save where the Beetle... | |
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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. 
