In A Churchyard

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.The beginning of Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" has one of the best beginnings of any poem that I know.It can be read in full here: http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/Elegy.htmIt came to mind again today as I helped my wife...

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