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Vol. iv. London, 1765 [1st ed. 1758]. ... 1 The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,. 
2 The lowing herd .... 94 Dost in these lines their artless tale relate;. 95 If chance... [DOC] [TLE] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray | Poetry ... [PAR] The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, ... Home; Elegy Written in a Country 
Churchyard by Thomas Gray. Poem .... Dost in these lines their artless tale relate;
. [DOC] [TLE] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - Wikipedia [PAR] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 
1750 and first ... Eventually, Gray remembered some lines of poetry that he 
composed in 1742 following the death of West, a poet he knew. .... The curfew 
tolls the knell of parting day,: The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea: The 
ploughman... [DOC] [TLE] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Form and Meter - Shmoop [PAR] The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,(A) ... The first line rhymes with the third 
line (as noted by the A), and the second line rhymes with the ... Do you 
appreciate the skill it took someone like Thomas Gray to write a long poem in a 
set form? [DOC] [TLE] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard: Stanza 1 Summary - Shmoop [PAR] Summary of Stanza 1 of the poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. ... by 
Thomas Gray ... Lines 1-4. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing 
herd wind slowly o'er the lea, ... Notice that the speaker refers to himself in the 
first person right away in that first stanza: the parting farmer and cows leave "the 
world [... [DOC] [TLE] Death Quotes: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - Shmoop [PAR] by Thomas Gray ... See more famous quotes from poetry  BACK  NEXT  1  2. 
How we cite our quotes: (Line). Quote #1. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
, (1). The theme of mortality appears right from the first line, with the metaphor of... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Gray - poems - PoemHunter.com [PAR] Thomas Gray. - poems -. Publication Date: 2004. Publisher: PoemHunter.Com - 
The ... The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day,. The lowing .... Dost in these lines 
their artless tale relate;. If chance .... When first thy Sire to send on earth. Virtue... [DOC] [TLE] 453. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard. Thomas Gray. The ... [PAR] Thomas Gray. 17161771. 453. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard. THE 
Curfew tolls the knell of parting day, .... Dost in these lines their artless tale relate;. [DOC] [TLE] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - Cummings Study Guides [PAR] Copies of the various versions are on file in the Thomas Gray Archive at Oxford 
University. Meter and Rhyme Scheme .......Gray wrote the poem in four-line 
stanzas (quatrains). ... In each stanza, the first line rhymes with the third and the 
second line rhymes with the fourth (abab), ... The curfew tolls the knell of parting 
day, b. [DOC] [TLE] RPO -- Thomas Gray : Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - TSpace [PAR] Thomas Gray (1716-1771) ... 1The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, .... In his 
note to this first line Gray refers to Dante, Purgatorio, VIII, 5-6: "Squilla di lontano 
.... 116] In some of the first editions of the poem, the following stanza preceded 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - Dictionary definition of ... [PAR] Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard was first published in 
1751. ... The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day, .... Poem Summary. Lines 1-4. 
In the first stanza, the speaker observes the signs of

Question: "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day" is the first line of this Thomas Gray poem
Answer: "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"