. One hundred and one famous poems, with a prose supplement. Page Eighty-five tikis 3fftt«inrei» unit (Site ^ffatttaws ^heotb. Elegy Written in aCountry Church-Yard Thomas Gray (Born December 26, 1716; Died July 30,1771) From the picture by John in the National Portrait , The Academy The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd winds slowly oer 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 holds, Save where the beetle wheels
. One hundred and one famous poems, with a prose supplement. Page Eighty-five tikis 3fftt«inrei» unit (Site ^ffatttaws ^heotb. Elegy Written in aCountry Church-Yard Thomas Gray (Born December 26, 1716; Died July 30,1771) From the picture by John in the National Portrait , The Academy The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd winds slowly oer 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 holds, Save where the beetle wheels his 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, wandering near her secret bower,Molest her ancient, solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-trees shade,Where heaves the turf in many a mouldring heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cocks shrill clarion, or t
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