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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]
Related People
Author:
Thomas Gray
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from 'Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard', Lonsdale (1969): 103-141.
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Comments:
First Line:
The chapel bell with hollow mournful sound
Last Line:
With these few lines engraved upon his tomb
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Parody Of/Parodied By
Comments:
Content/Publication
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