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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 4182 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Gray (1716–1771) |
| QUOTATION: | The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea, 1 The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Stanza 1. |
| Note 1. The first edition reads,— “The lowing herds wind slowly o’er the lea.” [back] |
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