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 Cyclopędia of English Literature - Page 363by Robert Chambers - 1902Full view - About this book
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