...Church-yard. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day ; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; 5 The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves...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 droning flight,...

...In circle following circle gathers round To close the face of things. Gray, elegy. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day The lowing herds wind slowly...beetle wheels his droning flight And drowsy tinklings hill the distant folds. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain...

...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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such,...

...love and to forgive; Exact my own defects to scan, What others are, to feel, and know myself a man. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds: Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as,...

...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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Save that, from...

...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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as,...

...Deny it to a King ? Then, happy lowly clown ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. SHAKSPEARE. ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. THE curfew...darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape 011 the sight* ' And all the air a solemn stillness holds, .. J Save where the beetle wheels his drony...

...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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds: and you will remember that Gray establishes the mood appropriate for his Elegy by linking the...

...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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; It is true that cattle do not normally 'low' or 'wind' their way at sunset, and that 'drowsy...

...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...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as,...