Nature and nature's law lay hid in night
- DMI number:
- 23943
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Nature and nature's law lay hid in night
- Last Line:
- God said let Newton be and all was light
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- Nature and Science[Isaac Newton]
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 317.
- First Line:
- Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night
- Last Line:
- God said let Newton be and all was light
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select Epitaphs [Vol. 2] [ESTC T137253]
- Page No(s):
- p.143
- Poem Title:
- On the same.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Epitaph intended for Sir Isaac Newton.
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