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 - Pagina 363door Robert Chambers - 1902Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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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