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King Alfred's Poems

Now first turned into English Metres; By Martin F. Tupper

Tupper, Martin Farquhar (1810-1889)

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I.

I. Of Rome and Boethius.

II.

II. A Sorrowful Fytte.

III.

III. A Fytte of Despair.

IV.

IV. A Psalm to God.

V.

V. Of Trouble and its Cure.

VI.

VII.

VII. Of Content, and Humbleness.

VIII.

VIII. Of Primal Innocence &c.

IX.

X.

X. Of Fame, and Death.

XI.

XI. Of God's Wise Government.

XII.

XII. Uses of Adversity.

XIII.

XIII. Of Inward Likings.

XIV.

XIV. The Emptiness of Wealth.

XV.

XV. Nero's Baseness.

XVI.

XVI. Of Self-rule.

XVII.

XVII. True Greatness.

XVIII.

XVIII. Of Sinful Pleasure.

XIX.

XIX. Where to find true joys.

XX.

XX. Of God and His Creatures.

XXI.

XXI. Of inward light.

XXII.

XXII. Of the inner mind, and the outer sin.

XXIII.

XXIII. True Happiness.

XXIV.

XXIV. The Soul's Heritage.

XXV.

XXV. Of Evil Kings.

XXVI.

XXVI. Of Circe and her company.

XXVII.

XXVII. Of Tolerance.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. Of Heavenly Wonders.

XXIX.

XXIX. Of the Stars and Seasons.

XXX.

XXX. Of the True Sun.

XXXI.

XXXI. Of Man's Uprightness.

KING ALFRED'S PARLIAMENT AT SHIFFORD,

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King Alfred's Poems

Now first turned into English Metres; By Martin F. Tupper

Martin Farquhar Tupper

1810-1889

A. Hall, Virtue, &c.

London

1850