[John Isbell]

Hi Julie,

Yes, I thought about the NYSE closing bell afterward. The opening bell gets all the press.
You're right about the fire, but I don't think a curfew would require putting out the fire before the field workers had their dinner, a point I think you've made. Interesting to reassess Gray's curfew bell.
The Kennedy seemed wrong to me in its conception - just do the French. But then, I do like Clueless, which doesn't just do Austen. And I too disagree with the Revell refrain. POETRY can do better, it has many options, as you've shown.

Cheers,
John

Oh - just to say, the fact that Gray's curfew bell may originate in the Angelus doesn't mean Gray would be conscious of that, as you also noted. I doubt he'd have done the research into the possible Catholic origins of that particular tradition. For him, i think it's just part of the time-honored English way of doing things.