Solemnly, mournfully,
Dealing its dole,
The Curfew Bell
Is beginning to toll.
(5) Cover the embers,
And put out the light;
Toil comes with the morning,
And rest with the night.
Dark grow the windows,
(10) And quenched is the fire;
Sound fades into silence,—
All footsteps retire.
No voice in the chambers,
No sound in the hall!
(15) Sleep and oblivion
Reign over all!
The book is completed,
And closed, like the day;
And the hand that has written it
(20) Lays it away.
Dim grows its fancies;
Forgotten they lie;
Like coals in the ashes,
They darken and die.
(25) Song sinks into silence,
The story is told,
The windows are darkened,
The hearth-stone is cold.
Darker and darker
(30) The black shadows fall;
Sleep and oblivion
Reign over all.
What is the meaning of toll in line 4, based on the context clues in the poem?
give a signal
money paid to cross a bridge
money for a phone call
collect a fee from
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