Now came still evening on and twilight grey

DMI number:

35694

Poem Aliases

Milton. Paradise Lost. Book 4.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Fowler ed. Paradise Lost (Harlow: Longman, 1998).

First Line:

Now came still evening on and twilight grey

Last Line:

On to their blissful bower

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work and Blank verse

Themes:

Creation, God, and Nature

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Author:

John Milton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Paradise Lost Book 4.

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Content/Publication

Title:

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Page No(s):

pp.156-159

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Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Milton]

Attributed To:

John Milton

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Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T126129] [ecco]

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pp.156-159

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Discourse Between Adam And Eve On Retiring To Rest.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Milton]

Attributed To:

John Milton