...my forefathers — but felt that I was a stranger in that land. — WASHINGTON IRVING. THE CURFEW. Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off Curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. — MILTON. THE word Curfew is derived from the...

...In the line * Lucretius, B. III. Tumbling all precipitate down dash'd, already quoted from the Ruins of Rome, there is an attempt to imitate the motion...of both : Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-ofTcurfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar 7. Another very natural...

...heav'n's wide pathless way ; 70 And oft, as if her head she bovv'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, 58 Smoothing] Shakesp. Sonnets, 51. » checks] Todd's Milton, vol. vi. p. 323. Over some wide-water'd...

...the dale." Example 2. The Penseroso presents the following account of the objects of the evening. i " Oft on a plat of rising ground, , I hear the far-off curfew sound Overcome wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar, Or, if the air will not permit, Somo still...

...heav'n's wide pathless way ; 70 And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, s8 Smoothing] Shakesp. Sonnets, 51. » checks] Todd's Milton, vol. vi. p. 323. * Riding] Eurip. Suppl....

...little differently. In the line Tumbling all precipitate down dash'd, already quoted from the Ruins of Rome, there is an attempt to imitate the motion...ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore. Swinging slow with sullen roar7. Another very natural subject of imitation is size,...

...the dale." Example 2. The Penseroso presents the following account of the objects of the evening. " Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar, Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed...

...joined) with saints and confessors in bearing testimony to the truth as it is in Jesus." THE CURFEW. Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off Curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. THE word Curfew is derived from the Norman word,...

...little differently. In the line Tumbling all precipitate down dash'd, already quoted from the Ruins of Rome, there is an attempt to imitate the motion...Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar.* Another very natural subject...

...When rung in this partial way, its tones roll over the surrounding distance with, a sublime effect. Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar.* * This famous hell, the note of which was like...