Who reads Lost Paradise the fall
- DMI number:
- 32191
- First Line:
- Who reads Lost Paradise the fall
- Last Line:
- Homer sun frogs and Virgil gnats alone
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Prologue
- Themes:
- Patriotism / glory of the British nation, Poetry / literature / writing[John Milton Paradise Lost], and Religion
- Author:
- William Duncombe
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Forster (1980): 49.
- Translated from:
- Samuel Barrow
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Listed as translation of Barrow in The Poetical Calendar, vol. 12 T146608 Barrow mentioned as author of Latin verses on Paradise Lost in doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52184 .
- Title:
- The Poetical Calendar. Vol. XII. For December. [T146608]
- Page No(s):
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- Dr. Samuel Barrow's Latin Verses, Prefixed to Milton's Paradise Lost, Translated.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
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