Forthwith from the glittering staff unfurled
- DMI number:
- 32040
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Fowler ed. Paradise Lost (Harlow: Longman, 1998).
- First Line:
- Forthwith from the glittering staff unfurled
- Last Line:
- Of depth immeasurable
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epic, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Biblical history, Heaven, The monarchy (heads of state), and War
- Author:
- John Milton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Paradise Lost Book 1.
- First Line:
- He from the glittering staff unfurled
- Last Line:
- With orient colours waving
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol 2] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.337
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Milton
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
Poem Aliases
Milton. Paradise Lost. Book 1.
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