Allegorical poem · 1351–1374

The Triumphs (Morley)

The Tryumphes of Fraunces Petrarcke

by Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch)

Translated by Henry Parker, Lord Morley (c. 1555)

Petrarch's visionary Trionfi, in which Love is conquered by Chastity, Chastity by Death, Death by Fame, Fame by Time, and Time by Eternity, in the rhymed English of Lord Morley's Tudor translation.

Contents · 12 parts

• The Triumph of Love, Chapter Iabout 250 lines
• The Triumph of Love, Chapter IIabout 270 lines
• The Triumph of Love, Chapter IIIabout 280 lines
• The Triumph of Love, Chapter IVabout 220 lines
• The Triumph of Chastityabout 280 lines
• The Triumph of Death, Chapter Iabout 220 lines
• The Triumph of Death, Chapter IIabout 240 lines
• The Triumph of Fame, Chapter Iabout 200 lines
• The Triumph of Fame, Chapter IIabout 210 lines
• The Triumph of Fame, Chapter IIIabout 160 lines
• The Triumph of Timeabout 200 lines
• The Triumph of Divinityabout 210 lines

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