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fair copies, in a single hand of c.1750, of Fitzgerald's published 'Poems on Several Occasions', and his largely unpublished 'Odes', 'Epigrams', and 'Miscellanies', the text of...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