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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fair copies, in a single hand of c.1750, of Fitzgerald's published 'Poems on Several Occasions', and his largely unpublished 'Odes', 'Epigrams', and 'Miscellanies', the text of...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