The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- DMI number:
- 29810
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Last Line:
- Molest her ancient solitary reign
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Graveyard school and Elegy
- Themes:
- Death and Night[Evening]
- 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:
- 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:
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- Evening
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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