The Fall of the Angels is a Miltonesque epic poem by John William Polidori concerned with the creation of the world. It was published anonymously in 1821 only months before Polidori's suicide. The only known contemporary review of the poem was a negative one, published on 5 May 1821. After Polidori's death, a version of the poem with his name on the title page was published. References 1821 poems 1821 books British poems Works published anonymously Christian poetry Epic poems in English Biblical paraphrases Biblical poetry Garden of Eden Cultural depictions of Adam and Eve Cosmogony Fiction about God Fiction about the Devil Lucifer Beelzebub Parallel literature