O fairest of creation last and best
- DMI number:
- 37219
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Fowler ed. Paradise Lost (Harlow: Longman, 1998).
- First Line:
- O fairest of creation last and best
- Last Line:
- Mine never shall be parted bliss or woe
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epic, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Corruption, Disaster, Grief / sadness / melancholy, and Religion
- Author:
- John Milton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Paradise Lost Book 9.
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.243-244
- Poem Title:
- Adam's Lamentation over Eve, upon her eating the forbidden Fruit; and his Resolution to share the same Fate with her.
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.209-210
- Poem Title:
- Adam's Lamentation over Eve, upon her eating the forbidden Fruit; and his Resolution to share the same Fate with her. [Milton.]
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.209-210
- Poem Title:
- Adam's Lamentation over Eve, upon her eating the forbidden Fruit; and his Resolution to share the same Fate with her. [Milton.]
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.209-210
- Poem Title:
- Adam's Lamentation over Eve, upon her eating the forbidden Fruit; and his Resolution to share the same Fate with her. [Milton.]
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
Poem Aliases
Milton. Paradise Lost. Book 9.
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