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The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

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Thomas Gray
Age: 54 †
Born: 1716
Born: December 26
Died: 1771
Died: July 30
Literary Critic
Poet
London
England
Way
Parting
World
Winds
Ploughman
Weary
Homeward
Gray
Knell
Slowly
Curfew
Leaves
Tolls
Darkness
Herd
Wind
Herds

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