The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- DMI number:
- 35710
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Last Line:
- The bosom of his father and god
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Graveyard school and Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- Death 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:
- 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:
- Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [N25819] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.148-154
- Poem Title:
- Elegy Written In A Country Church-Yard.
- Attribution:
- By Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
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