The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- DMI number:
- 23393
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Last Line:
- Awake and faithful to her wonted fires
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab and Elegy
- Themes:
- Death, Rural life, and Social order
- Author:
- Thomas Gray
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 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:
- Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
- Last Line:
- The bosom of his father and his god
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- 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:
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Last Line:
- Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [2nd ed] [T127413] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.262-264
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy. Written in a Country Church Yard.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [3rd ed] [39 parts] [T112124] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.262-264
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [4thed] [T199384] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.262-264
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [T125628] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.262-264
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy. Written in a Country Church Yard.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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