The wary fiend stood on the brink of hell
- DMI number:
- 31021
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Fowler ed. Paradise Lost (Harlow: Longman, 1998).
- First Line:
- The wary fiend stood on the brink of hell
- Last Line:
- And discord with a thousand various mouths
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Heaven and Hell
- Author:
- John Milton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Paradise Lost Book 2.
- First Line:
- The wary fiend | Stood on the brink of hell and looked awhile
- Last Line:
- Gladly the port though shrouds and tackle torn
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.182-183
- Poem Title:
- Satan's Passage to earth through Chaos
- Attribution:
- Milton
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
Poem Aliases
Milton. Paradise Lost. Book 2.
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