Now came still evening on and twilight grey

DMI number:

30989

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:

Or glittering starlight without thee is sweet

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work and Blank verse

Themes:

God and Night

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Author:

John Milton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Paradise Lost Book 4.

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Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

pp.144-145

Poem Title:

Evening

Attribution:

Milton's Par. Lost.

Attributed To:

John Milton