He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend
- DMI number:
- 37097
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Fowler ed. Paradise Lost (Harlow: Longman, 1998).
- First Line:
- He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend
- Last Line:
- Over the burning marl
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epic, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Hell and Objects
- Author:
- John Milton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Paradise Lost Book 1.
- Title:
- Exercises for improvement in elocution [T126614] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.60
- Poem Title:
- Description of the shield and spear of Satan.
- Attribution:
- [Milton]
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.216
- Poem Title:
- Description of Satan's Shield and Spear.
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.187-188
- Poem Title:
- Description of Satan's Shield and Spear. [Milton.]
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.187-188
- Poem Title:
- Description of Satan's Shield and Spear. [Milton.]
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.187-188
- Poem Title:
- Desciption of Satan's Shield and Spear. [Milton.]
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
Poem Aliases
Milton. Paradise Lost. Book 1.
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