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Martin Farquhar Tupper
July 17, 1810 in London - November 1889 in Albury, Surrey
Poetry Listing
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| | Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads | | 1: | Of A Trinity. From Proverbial Philosophy | Despise not, shrewd reckoner, the God of a good man's worship, | | 86 | 108 | | 2: | Of Anticipation. from Proverbial Philosophy | Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world. | | 40 | 117 | | 3: | Of Compensation. from Proverbial Philosophy | Equal is the government of heaven in allotting pleasures among men, | | 106 | 129 | | 4: | Of Discretion. From Proverbial Philosophy | For what then was I born? — to fill the circling year with daily toil for daily bread, with sordid pains and pleasures? | | 79 | 120 | | 5: | Of Estimating Character. From Proverbial Philosophy | Rashly, nor ofttimes truly, doth man pass judgment on his brother; | | 193 | 125 | | 6: | Of Experience. From Proverbial Philosophy | I KNEW that age was enriched with the hard-earned wages of knowledge, | | 46 | 131 | | 7: | Of Good In Things Evil. From Proverbial Philosophy | I Heard the man of sin reproaching the goodness of Jehovah, | | 115 | 114 | | 8: | Of Hatred And Anger. From Proverbial Philosophy | Blunted unto goodness is the heart which anger never stirreth, | | 14 | 130 | | 9: | Of Hidden Uses. from Proverbial Philosophy | The sea-wort floating on the waves, or rolled up high along the shore, | | 106 | 236 | | 10: | Of Humility. From Proverbial Philosophy | Vice is grown aweary of her gawds, and donneth russet garments. | | 81 | 125 | | 11: | Of Indirect Influences. from Proverbial Philosophy | Face thy foe in the field, and perchance thou wilt meet thy master, | | 112 | 125 | | 12: | Of Memory. From Proverbial Philosophy | Where art thou, storehouse of the mind, gamer of facts and fancies, | | 78 | 117 | | 13: | Of Prayer. From Proverbial Philosophy | A WICKED man scorneth prayer, in the shallow sophistry of reason. | | 101 | 158 | | 14: | Of Pride. From Proverbial Philosophy | Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but Pride mineth deeper; | | 45 | 125 | | 15: | Of Recreation. From Proverbial Philosophy | To join advantage to amusement, to gather profit with pleasure, | | 84 | 116 | | 16: | Of Rest. From Proverbial Philosophy | In the silent watches of the night, calm night that breedeth thoughts. | | 63 | 131 | | 17: | Of Subjection. From Proverbial Philosophy | Law hath dominion over all things, over universal mind and matter; | | 218 | 159 | | 18: | Of Trifles. From Proverbial Philosophy | Yet once more, saith the fool, yet once, and is it not a little one? | | 58 | 137 | | 19: | Of Truth In Things False. from Proverbial Philosophy | Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil; | | 79 | 120 | | 20: | Prefatory. to Proverbial Philosophy | Thoughts, that have tarried in my mind, and peopled its inner chambers, | | 39 | 138 | | 21: | The Dream Of Ambition. From Proverbial Philosophy | I LEFT the happy fields that smile around the village of Content, | | 51 | 123 | | 22: | The Lord's Prayer. From Proverbial Philosophy | Inquirest thou, man, wherewithal may I come unto the Lord? | | 30 | 122 | | 23: | The Train Of Religion. From Proverbial Philosophy | Stay awhile, thou blessed band, be entreated, daughters of heaven! | | 52 | 115 | | 24: | The Words Of Wisdom. from Proverbial Philosophy | Few and precious are the words which the lips of Wisdom utter: | | 47 | 122 |
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Martin Farquhar Tupper was an English writer, and poet.
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