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Thecurfewtollstheknellofpartingday,

Thelowingherdwindsslowlyoerthelea,

Theploughmanhomewardplodshiswearyway,

Andleavestheworldtodarknessandtome.

Nowfadestheglimmeringlandscapeonthesight,

Andalltheairasolemnstillnessholds,

Savewherethebeetlewheelshisdroningflight,

Anddrowsytinklingslullthedistantfolds:

Savethatfromyonderivy-mantledtower

Themopingowldoestothemooncomplain

Ofsuchas,wanderingnearhersecretbower,

Molestherancientsolitaryreign.

Beneaththoseruggedelms,thatyew-trees