...thee ! GRAY. ELEGY. Written in a Country Church-yard. The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman...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, And...

...picture sketched by Gray : — " The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowlv o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds." How such a picture recalls the days of childhood and youth, when we, too, whose homes were...

...Melancholy mingled with Grandeur.i From Gray's Elegy. " The curfew tolls, — the knell of parting day ; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman...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...

...Melancholy mingled with Grandeur.1 From Gray's Elegy. " The curfew tolls, — the knell of parting day; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman...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...

...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,...

...the time incorrect — and a knell is not tolled for the parting, but for the parted — ' and leaves rous, playful, easily made happy, easily softened, enthusiastically fond of h sight.' Here the incidents, instead of being progressive, fall back, and make the picture confused...

...the time incorrect — and a kneu is not tolled for the parting, bnt 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...

...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...

...close the face of things. Gray, elegy. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea The ploughman homeward plods his...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...

...day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the len, The plowman homewards plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And ;>ll the air n solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,...