So spake the godlike power and thus our sire
- DMI number:
- 27033
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Fowler ed. Paradise Lost (Harlow: Longman, 1998).
- First Line:
- So spake the godlike power and thus our sire
- Last Line:
- Above or round about thee or beneath
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Creation
- Author:
- John Milton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Paradise Lost Book 8.
- First Line:
- For man to tell how human life began
- Last Line:
- Above or round about thee or beneath
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T78288] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.38-40
- Poem Title:
- Adam relates to the Angel Raphael his pleasing Amazement on the first Survey he took of himself.
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
Poem Aliases
Milton. Paradise Lost. Book 8.
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