The curfeu tolls the knell of parting day
- DMI number:
- 34431
- First Line:
- The curfeu tolls the knell of parting day
- Last Line:
- The bosom of his Father and his God
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Graveyard school, Quatrain abab, and Elegy
- Themes:
- Death and Night
- Author:
- Thomas Gray
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard', Lonsdale (1969): 103-141.
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Last Line:
- The bosom of his father and his god
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The chapel bell with hollow mournful sound
- Last Line:
- With these few lines engraved upon his tomb
- Relationship:
- Parody Of/Parodied By
- Comments:
- Title:
- Exercises for improvement in elocution [T126614] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.87-90
- Poem Title:
- Gray. An Elegy. Written in a country church-yard.
- Attribution:
- Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- Select lessons in verse and prose from various authors designed for the improvement of youth [T78290]
- Page No(s):
- pp.112-117
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy written in a Country Church Yard.
- Attribution:
- Grey.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets. Being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors [T90031] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.127-132
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Written in a Country Church-Yard.
- Attribution:
- Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets. Being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [T87951] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.133-138
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Written in a Country Church-Yard.
- Attribution:
- Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets: being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [N16023] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.142-148
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Written in a Country Church-Yard.
- Attribution:
- Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets: being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [T87952] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.142-148
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Written in a Country Church-Yard.
- Attribution:
- Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- The grave a poem by Robert Blair the eighth edition [T204279]
- Page No(s):
- pp.35-40
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
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