Now came still evening on and twilight grey
- DMI number:
- 31709
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Fowler ed. Paradise Lost (Harlow: Longman, 1998).
- First Line:
- Now came still evening on and twilight grey
- Last Line:
- And over the dark her silver mantle threw
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epic, Extract / snippet from longer work, Blank verse, and Allegory
- Themes:
- Night
- Author:
- John Milton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Paradise Lost Book 4.
- First Line:
- Now came still evening on and twilight grey
- Last Line:
- Had in her sober livery all things clad
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Now came still evening on and twilight grey
- Last Line:
- On to their blissful bower
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Now came still evening on and twilight grey
- Last Line:
- Or glittering starlight without thee is sweet
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Exercises for improvement in elocution [T126614] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.65-66
- Poem Title:
- Description of Evening.
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol 2] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.331-332
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- 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.225
- Poem Title:
- A Description of Night.
- 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):
- p.195
- Poem Title:
- A Description of Night. [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):
- p.195
- Poem Title:
- A Description of Night. [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):
- p.195
- Poem Title:
- A Description of Night. [Milton.]
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
Poem Aliases
Milton. Paradise Lost. Book 4.
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