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Quotation from Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray
“The Curfeu tolls the Knell of parting Day, The lowing Herd winds slowly o'er the Lea, The Plow-man homeward plods his weary Way, And leaves the World to Darkness, and to me.”
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Stanza 1, lines 1-4 (1751 first edition)
The opening stanza fixes the hour, the setting and the solitary speaker as the day's work ends.
Citation: "The Curfeu tolls the Knell of parting Day, The lowing Herd winds slowly o'er the Lea, The Plow-man homeward plods his weary Way, And leaves the World to Darkness, and to me." — Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Stanza 1, lines 1-4 (1751 first edition). (id elegy-written-in-a-country-churchyard-q1)
Portrait: Richard Bentley Elegy header, Bentley, Richard, Public domain.
