See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

LORD E See also:

• FITZGERALD
• FITZGERALD, EDWARD (1809–1883)
• LORD E FITZGERALD
• FITZGERALD, LORD EDWARD (1763-1798)
• FITZGERALD, LORD THOMAS (loth earl of Kildare), (1513-1537)
• FITZGERALD, RAYMOND, or REDMOND (d. ca. 1182)

FITZGERALD  . 443 (as he afterwards boasted) to the See also:

• PENNY (Mid. Eng. peni or peny, from O. Eng. form penig, earlier penning and pending; the word appears in Ger. Pfennig and Du. penning; it has been connected with Du. pand, Ger. Pfand, and Eng. " pawn,". the word meaning a little pledge or token, or with G
• PENNY, GIANFRANCESCO (1488–1528)

penny See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box on the bookstalls . But in ,86o See also:

• ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA GEORGINA (1830-1894)
• ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL (1828-1882)

Rossetti discovered it, and See also:

• SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES (1837–1909)

Swinburne and See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HOUGHTON, RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, 1ST BARON (1809—1885)

Houghton quickly followed . The Rubaiyat became slowly famous, but it was not until 1868 that See also:

• FITZGERALD
• FITZGERALD, EDWARD (1809–1883)
• FITZGERALD, LORD E
• FITZGERALD, LORD EDWARD (1763-1798)
• FITZGERALD, LORD THOMAS (loth earl of Kildare), (1513-1537)
• FITZGERALD, RAYMOND, or REDMOND (d. ca. 1182)

FitzGerald was encouraged to See also:

• PRINT

print a second and greatly revised edition . Meanwhile he had produced in 1865 a version of the See also:

• AGAMEMNON

Agamemnon, and two more plays from See also:

• CALDERON, RODRIGO (d. 1621), COUNT OF OLIVA AND MARQUES DE LAS SIETE IGLESIAS

Calderon . In 188o–1881 he issued privately See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of the two See also:

• OEDIPUS (OiSiirovs, O16tir63i7s, Wines, from Gr. ot&eiv swell, and gobs foot, i.e. " the swollen-footed ")

Oedipus tragedies; his last publication was Readings in See also:

• CRABBE, GEORGE (1754-1832)

Crabbe, 1882 . He See also:

• LEFT

left in See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript a version of See also:

• ATTAR [or OTTO] OF ROSES (Pers. 'atar, essence)

Attar's Mantic- Uttair under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of The See also:

• BIRD

Bird See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament . From 1861 onwards FitzGerald's greatest See also:

• INTEREST

interest had centred in the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1863 he bought a yacht, The See also:

• SCANDAL

Scandal," and in 1867 he became See also:

• PART

part-owner of a See also:

• HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring-lugger, the " Meum and Tuum." For some years, till 1871, he spent the months from June to See also:

• OCTOBER

October mainly in " knocking about somewhere outside of See also:

• LOWESTOFT

Lowestoft." In this way, and among his books and See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, FitzGerald gradually became an old See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man . On the 14th of June 1883 he passed away painlessly in his See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep . He was " an idle See also:

• FELLOW

fellow, but one whose friendships were more like loves." In 1885 a stimulus was given to the steady advance of his fame by the fact that See also:

• TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson dedicated his Tiresias to FitzGerald's memory, in some touching reminiscent verses to Old Fitz." This was but the See also:

• SIGNAL

signal for that universal appreciation of See also:

• OMAR (c. 581-644)

Omar Khayyam in his See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, which has been one of the curious See also:

• LITERARY

literary phenomena of See also:

• RECENT

recent years . The See also:

• MELODY (Gr. ,ueXw3ia, a choral song, from name, tune, and gi6i, song)

melody of FitzGerald's See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse is so exquisite, the thoughts he rearranges and strings together are so profound, and the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere of See also:

• POETRY

poetry in which he steeps his version is so pure, that no surprise need be expressed at the universal favour which the poem has met with among See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical readers .

But its popularity has gone much deeper than this; it is now probably better known to the general public than any single poem of its class published since the See also:

• YEAR

year 186o, and its admirers have almost transcended See also:

• COMMON

common sense in the extravagance of their laudation . FitzGerald married, in See also:

• MIDDLE

middle See also:

• LIFE

life, See also:

• LUCY, RICHARD DE (d. 1179)

Lucy, the daughter of See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard See also:

• BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH (1766-1815)
• BARTON, BERNARD (1784–1849)
• BARTON, CLARA (1821– )
• BARTON, ELIZABETH (c. 1506–1534)

Barton, the Quaker poet . Of FitzGerald as a man practically nothing was known until, in 1889, Mr W . Aldis See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright, his intimate friend and literary executor, published his Letters and Literary Remains in three volumes . This was followed in 1895 by the Letters to Fanny See also:

• KEMBLE
• KEMBLE, JOHN MITCHELL (1807-1857)

Kemble . These letters constitute a fresh bid for See also:

• IMMORTALITY (Lat. in-, not, mortalis, mortal, from mors, death)

immortality, since they discovered that FitzGerald was a witty, picturesque and sympathetic See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter-writer . One of the most unobtrusive authors who ever lived, FitzGerald has, nevertheless, by the force of his extraordinary individuality, gradually influenced the whole See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of English belles-lettres, in particular as it was manifested between 1890 and 1900 . The See also:

• WORKS

Works of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward FitzGerald appeared in 1887 . See also a See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of FitzGerald's works (See also:

• CAXTON, WILLIAM (c. 1422-1491)

Caxton See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, 1899) ; notes for a bibliography by See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

Col . W . F . Prideaux, in Notes and Queries (9th See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, vol. vi.), published separately in 1901; Letters and Literary Remains (ed .

W . Aldis Wright, 1902–1903) ; and the Life of Edward FitzGerald, by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Wright (1904), which contains a bibliography (vol. ii. pp . 241-243) and a list of See also:

• SOURCES

sources (vol. i. pp. xvi.-xvii.) . The See also:

• VOLUME

volume on FitzGerald in the " English Men of Letters " series is by A . C . See also:

• BENSON, EDWARD WHITE (182g—1896)
• BENSON, FRANCIS ROBERT (1858— )
• BENSON, FRANK WESTON (1862— )
• BENSON, GEORGE (1699–1762)

Benson . The Fitz-Gerald See also:

• CENTENARY (from Lat. centenarius, of or belonging to a hundred, from centeni, distributive of centum, hundred)

centenary was celebrated in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1909 . See the Centenary Celebrations Souvenir (See also:

• IPSWICH

Ipswich, 1909) and The Times for March 25, 1909 . (E .