A compendium of poems with alliterative titles, opening words, and accompanying scripture references all based on the 26 letters of the English alphabet in succession. There is scriptural precedence for this approach; 12 portions of scripture are acrostic, where the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet are used in successive order, namely: Lamentations (5 separate poems, one per chapter, of which the first four are acrostic), nine Psalms (9, 10, 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119, 145), the last 22 verses of the final chapter of the book of Proverbs (31:10-31), and the partial alphabetical acrostic in the opening verses of the prophet Nahum (1:2-8).