Add MS 51993

Miscellaneous commonplaces, mostly copies of poems, some of which are repeated in other volumes, viz.:-

(1) Verses, imperf., by Gen. Richard Fitzpatrick 'inscribed on a temple dedicated to friendship at St. Anne's Hill', [before 25 Apr 1813]. (Complete versions are in Add. MSS. 51515, f. 8b, and 51983, f. 24). f. 35.

(2) Two copies of 'Epitaph on a Dog', by George, 6th Baron Byron, [circa Nov 1813], first published in Collected Works, Vol IV (1815-1820 edition), pp. 134 ff., (also in Add. MS. 51515, f. 76b). ff. 36-37b.

(3) 'Down Inn and [Derry?] Hill, a ballad', by Henry, 3rd Baron Holland, [Wm. 1813], (also in Add. MS. 51908). f. 38.

(4) Epilogue, written by John, 6th Duke of Bedford, to a melodrama, 'The Watchword', performed at Woburn Abbey on 13 Jan 1817, (also in Add. MS. 51515, f. 80). ff. 64, 64b.

(5) Verses, beginning 'The seventh of May', by Charles James Fox, printed in Lord Ilchester's The Home of the Hollands, p, 204, (also copied into one of Mrs. Fox's Journals, Add. MS. 51490, f. 7b, under date 7 May 1821). f. 95.

(6) A poem, dated 16 Sep 1821, relating to George IV's visit to Ireland, (also in Add. MS. 51947). ff. 96-99b.

(7) Two copies, both by Caroline Fox, one on paper watermarked 1821, of the well-known poem by Rev. Charles Wolfe on the burial of Sir John Moore, (also in Add. MSS. 51515, f. 92, and 51986, f. 64b). ff. 102-103b.

(8) Verses by Henry, 3rd Baron Holland, 'The Genius of Spain', the original of which (Add. MS. 51908) is on paper watermarked 1821. f. 104.

(9) Verses by Henry, 3rd Baron Holland, 'To the Landholders, 1822', (also in Add. MSS. 51943, 51947 and 51987, f. 57b). f. 105.

(10) Verses by Henry, 3rd Baron Holland, 'On our Foreign Policy, 1822', (also in Add. MS. 51987, f. 56b). f. 106.

(11) Verses by Henry, 3rd Baron Holland, 'The Irishmen in Parliament, 1822', (also in Add. MS. 51987, f. 58b). f. 107.

(12) A poem by Lord Francis Leveson-Gower afterwards Egerton, [1st Earl of Ellesmere 1846], entitled, 'A voice from the Highlands', [1822], (also in Add. MS. 51943). ff. 108, 108b.

There are also:- an extract by Caroline Fox from the Collected Works of William Chillingworth, Vol. I, (1820 edition), p. 450 (f. 92); a copy of a poem by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, taken from his Collected Works, Vol. III (1822 edition), pp. 113 ff. (f. 109); and verses by John Hookham Frere, entitled, 'From the Viva Morte, a long poem in the Sicilian dialect', 9 Feb 1821, of which a variant is printed in his Collected Works, Vol. II (1872 edition), p. 471. (ff. 94, 94b).