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Poems on several occasions, by Thomas Fitzgerald, with inserted manuscript material relating to the poem "Bedlam".
Fitzgerald, Thomas
c.1733
Comprises a copy of Fitzgerald's printed "Poems on several occasions" (London, 1733), the inserted material and annotations apparently representing a revision of the poem "Bedlam" in the author's own ...
Title: The Hundred & Fourth Psalm, paraphrased
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: [Bible]
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem in praise of God and the goodness of all his creation, secure
in his care. Paraphrased from Psalm 104.
Title: Abraham's sacrifice
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: [Bible]
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem, a greatly expanded version of the story of Abraham and Isaac,
from Genesis, ending with a prophecy of the Incarnation
Title: A thought upon death
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: On how the terrors of death will be absent, and joy and peace assured, for
those who have led a quiet, virtuous and industrious life
![BC MS Lt 5, p. [A] 25: Thomas Fitzgerald's poem](https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/multimedia/14872/BCMSV%20lt-000205.600x300.jpg)
Poems on several occasions, Odes, Epigrams, and Miscellanies, by Thomas Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald, Thomas
c.1750
Loose sheets containing fair copies, in a single hand of c.1750, of Fitzgerald's published 'Poems on Several Occasions', and his largely unpublished 'Odes', 'Epigrams', and 'Miscellanies', the text of...
Title: Bedlam [Latin epigraph]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Description of and reflections on a madhouse, or lunatic asylum, and its various inhabitants
Title: An ode
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Expression of happiness and content with the natural pleasures of life,
spurning riches and ambition
Title: A song
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Love poem, on the everlasting qualities of virtue and wisdom compared with
the transience of external beauty
Title: A prologue to Cato, as it was acted by some young gentlemen at the time of
the threatned invasion from Spain in 1717
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1717 ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: On how Cato's action in saving Rome, in Addison's play, should be an example
to the English when threatened with a Spanish invasion, even though his
character has at other times been variously interpreted
Title: A puppet show. Translated from the Latin of Mr Addison. [Greek epigraph]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F. [Latin]
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Description of a puppet show, mimicking life-size theatre, translated from
Addison's poem "Machinae gesticulantes", 1698
Title: Upon the poets corner in Westminster Abbey
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: On how the poets buried in Westminster Abbey will be remembered and honoured
longer than any others buried there
Title: An epigram
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Lighthearted satire on the lack of sense of a vain and boastful friend, a
would-be poet
Title: Another
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Lighthearted satire on an over-witty acquaintance, foretelling that he will
end up losing friends and being despised
Title: Another
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Lighthearted satire on the lack of thought displayed by an acquaintance who
fancies himelf a great freethinker
Title: A fable
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: A version of Aesop's fable of the fox and the cat, commending the virtues of
honesty and common sense
Title: The Muses complaint. Humbly addressed to the Right Honorable the Earl of
Middlesex. [Latin epigraph]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Attack on contemporary writers of genuine talent who debase their art by
producing bawdy immoral material to please the popular stage. Praise of
Addison and Steele, in contrast, and of the poem's dedicatee, Charles
Sackville, Earl of Middlesex
Title: A prologue to Julius Caesar, spoke by a young nobleman of Westminster School
before the Queen and the royal family in the year 1727
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1727 ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Contrast between Julius Caesar's ambition, which brought him into conflict
with the citizens of Rome, and the perfect harmony of interest between George
II and his people
Title: Chearfullness
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In praise of cheerfulness, possible only if contentment and virtue
characterise one's life
Title: Industry
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In praise of a life of industrious labour, as leading to virtue, contentment,
and the hope of heaven
Title: The golden verses of Pythagoras translated from the Greek [Latin epigraph]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F. [Greek]
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Translation of the moralising verses on the conduct of life (life guided by
reason) known as the Golden Verses of Pythagoras
Title: Upon the burning of the Cottonian manuscripts at Ashburnham House, 1731
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Lament for the knowledge and learning lost as a result of the fire that badly
damaged the library of Sir Robert Cotton at Ashburnham House; reflecting on
fate, and hoping that what remains will still enable Britain to teach the
world
Title: Upon his Grace the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland's danger at sea, 1732
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Account of the storm at sea in which Lionel Sackville, Duke of Dorset, nearly
perished when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Title: A Winter evening
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: On how the pleasures of indoor amusements and company, and the opportunities
to be charitable to the poor, more than compensate for the rigours of Winter
outdoors
Title: The Spring
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Joyful description of Spring, recommending living life to the full while it
lasts
Title: An ode
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Recommending the happy carefree life of the country as preferable to the
crowds, turbulence and avarice of the town
Title: Epigram XCVIth Xth book of Martial
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F. [Latin]
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: The happiness and cheapness of country life contrasted with the expense and
insecurity of life in town and court. Adapted from Martial, "Epigrams", X.96.
Title: Cowleys Epitaphium vivi authoris paraphras'd
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F. [Latin]
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Epitaph on Abraham Cowley, paraphrasing Cowley's own Latin poem, "Epitaphium
vivi auctoris".
Title: Antrum Richmondiense. 1732
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1732 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In praise of Queen Caroline, depicted frequenting her cave at Richmond for
the purpose of quiet study while acting as regent in George II's absence.
Preceded by a Latin version, pp.67-69
Title: To my worthy friend Tho. Southern Esq.
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In praise of the dramatist Thomas Southerne as deserving of honour and
affection in his old age
Title: A thought upon death
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: On how the terrors of death will be absent, and joy and peace assured, for
those who have led a quiet, virtuous and industrious life
Title: Upon the death of the Right Honorable Herietta Countess of Orrery
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1732 ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Epitaph on Henrietta, Countess of Orrery, praising her virtues and advising
her husband (John Boyle, 5th Earl) to bear his loss without giving way
completely to grief
Title: Part of the 37th Psalm paraphras'd
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F. [Bible]
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Advising against envy of the rich in favour of a life of quiet and cheerful
labour, trusting in God and leading to happiness; paraphrased from Psalm 37
Title: The 104th Psalm paraphras'd. [Latin epigraph]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.; [Bible]
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Religious poem, in praise of God and the goodness of all his creation, secure
in his care. Paraphrased from Psalm 104.
Title: Abrahams sacrifice. [Latin epigraph]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.; [Bible]
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Religious poem, a greatly expanded version of the story of Abraham and Isaac,
from Genesis, ending with a prophecy of the Incarnation
Title: Hor. Lib. 2, Ode 18 [Latin epigraph]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In praise of a life of sufficiency and content, not always striving after
material wealth; death comes to all. Paraphrased from Horace, Odes, II.18.
Title: An ode set to music and sung at an anniversary meeting Nov. 1733. [Latin
epigraph]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 1733 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In praise of cheerful good humour as of greater value in life (and leading
to greater happiness) than riches or ambition
Title: Tomo Cachi. An ode. 1734 [Latin epigraph]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 1734 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: On the Indian chief Tomo Chachi, praising his virtues and natural wisdom,
and also General James Oglethorpe (who brought him to England) and the colony
of Georgia of which the latter was governor; contrasting the degeneracy of
the English race. With one s
Title: To the Earl of Orrery on his lordships marriage
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 1738 ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Panegyric, anticipating future happiness, on the marriage of John Boyle, Earl
of Orrery, probably to his second wife Margaret Hamilton
Title: To my honour'd patron, Sir John Evelyn Bart.
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In praise of the virtues of Sir John Evelyn of Wotton, Surrey, thanking him
for presenting him with the living of a parish of such beauty and solitude
Title: To Lady Anne Finch upon her ladyships commending some of my verses
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In praise of the virtues of Lady Anne Finch (probably wife of the Hon.
William Finch), who had praised his poetry. Crossed through in the manuscript
Title: Sunday; from Herbert
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In praise of Sunday, distinct from the rest of the week in being a foretaste
of heaven; modelled on George Herbert's poem "Sunday"
Title: A hymn
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Hymn in praise of God, giving thanks for the care and mercy that has kept
him safe
Title: A penitential hymn
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Expressing remorse for past sin and gratitude for God's mercy that has healed
him, looking forward to the joys of heaven
Title: The flower piece, humbly inscribed to the Lady Evelyn
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Reflective descriptions of garden flowers, including compliments to Lady
Evelyn, wife of Sir John Evelyn of Wotton, Surrey, and the Boscawen family
Title: Martial, Lib. II. Ep
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: On the impossibility of loving someone if he wishes to be honoured according
to his rank; adapting Martial, Epigrams, II.55.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Satire on the lack of judgement of a fellow-poet who had criticised Martial's
verses, translated from the latter's Epigrams, II.77; under the same title
"Martial Lib. II.Ep." as BCMSV 551
Title: Lib. V. Ep. Imitated, 1739
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 1739 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: On the perpetual insecurity of material wealth in the face of various kinds
of ill fortune, the only sure reward coming from giving it to the needy;
adapting Martial, Epigrams, V.42.
Title: Lib. VII. Ep.
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Warning to a friend that he is popular with men of influence because he
entertains them not because they love him; paraphrasing Martial, Epigrams,
VII.76
Title: Lib. IX. Ep.
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Criticism of a fellow-Roman for complaining about present morals as if Rome
were again suffering civil war when in fact his own are to blame; paraphrasing
Martial, Epigrams, IX.70.
Title: Lib. X. Ep.
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Complaint that the methods of winning favour with the great, necessary to
the needy, have been adopted by persons of quality, to the former's detriment;
paraphrasing Martial, Epigrams, X.10
Title: Lib. XII. Ep.
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Reflections on a long friendship, more happy than sad, warning that to avoid
the deepest sorrows one should not love too intensely; translating Martial,
Epigrams, XII.34
Title: From the Greek
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Satire of a doctor, Callignotus, who advises his dying patient to include
him in his will in gratitude for his diagnosis; paraphrasing an epigram by
Agathias Scholasticus, XI.382 in the Greek or Pauline Anthology.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Determination to work hard to acquire wealth, enabling the full enjoyment of
life
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: [Latin ?]
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Satire on a public official, Celsus, whose eagerness to help his own friends
proves the worst of his qualities. Corrected.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Criticism of the medieval Catholic church and praise of Elizabeth I for
establishing the Protestant Reformation in England
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In praise of Charles I and the Restoration for restoring not only peace but
also the arts and music to England
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Complaint about the dull nonsense of opera as an enemy to poetry, despite
fine music
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In defence of ancient English ballads, lastingly popular whereas modern
sonnets will soon be forgotten
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: In defence of the popular literature of Grub Street, enjoying deserved
success for its topicality even though unlikely to endure
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Thanksgiving for a happy and useful life, spent away from the temptations
and corruptions of city crowds and factions. Corrected.