Hence loathed melancholy
- DMI number:
- 42649
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Hence loathed melancholy
- Last Line:
- In sad Cimmerian darkness ever dwell
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Darkness and Grief / sadness / melancholy
- Author:
- John Milton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'L'Allegro', with variants and some transposed lines. Carey (1997): 134-44.
- First Line:
- Hence loathed melancholy
- Last Line:
- Mirth with thee I mean to live
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The compleat courtier: or, Cupid's academy [ESTC R184126]
- Page No(s):
- p.20
- Poem Title:
- The Melancholy Lovers Complaint.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Milton. L'Allegro.
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