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Three holograph poems, 'To Bernard Barton's Daughter', 18 June 1825, 'To Rydal Mount', [1830], and 'To a departed Spirit', [?1830], by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.
Also included is a sonnet 'To Mrs Felicia Hemans' by G[eorge] F[leming] Richardson (f. 4), dated 3 July 1827. 'To a departed Spirit' was published in Songs of the Affections (Edinburgh, 1830), pp. 40-42; 'To Bernard Barton's Daughter' appears in The Works of Mrs. Hemans: With a Memoir of Her Life, by Her Sister, 7 vols (Edinburgh, 1839), Ⅵ, 141.

Dau englyn, dyddiedig 6 Awst 1835, i 'Mrs Ann Hughes - Red Lion, Dinas Mawddu [sic]' gan Robyn Ddu Eryri. = Two englyns, dated 6 August 1835, 'To Mrs Ann Hughes - Red Lion, Dinas Mawddu' by Robyn Ddu Eryri.

'Can ar ddyfodiad Sir W[atkin] W[illiams] W[ynn, 6ed Barwnig] i'w oed, Mai 22, 1841', cân yn y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg wedi ei lofnodi gan 'W'. = A song, 22 May 1841, in Welsh and English and signed 'W', marking the coming of age of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 6th Bart and signed 'W'.

Cerdd o'r enw 'Aelwyd lan a gwraig lon' gan 'Gwr Mwyn' [o Lanfair Caereinion?], anfonwyd i 'Mr W. P.', Pwllheli, Ionawr 1863. = A poem entitled 'Aelwyd lan a gwraig lon' by 'Gwr Mwyn' [of Llanfair Caereinion?], sent to 'Mr W. P.', Pwllheli, January 1863.

'Awdl er côf am y Parchedig John Prichard, Frondirion, gweinidog gyda'r Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, Amlwch...' gan Robert Parry (Robyn Ddu Eryri), Mawrth 1891 (ff. 1-3). = An awdl in memory of the Rev. John Prichard, Frondirion, Calvinistic Methodist minister in Amlwch, by Robert Parry (Robyn Ddu Eryri), March 1891 (ff. 1-3).

Tri englyn 'I Miss R. Davies Caerdydd' [sef Rebecca David] gan Robyn Ddu Eryri, 28 Mai 1850 (f. 1), a chopi, [19 gan., ail ½], o 'Ffair Aberdâr' gan Thomas Tayler, Merthyr Tudful (ff. 2-4). = A series of three englyns to 'Miss R. Davies Caerdydd' [Rebecca David] by Robyn Ddu Eryri, 28 May 1850 (f. 1), and a copy, [19 cent., second ½], of Thomas Tayler's 'Ffair Aberdâr'.
Cyhoeddwyd 'Ffair Aberdâr' yn Thomas Morgan, Hanes Tonyrefail (Caerdydd, 1899), tt. 105-108. = 'Ffair Aberdâr' was published in Thomas Morgan, Hanes Tonyrefail (Cardiff, 1899), pp. 105-108.

Copi o 'Marwnad Richard Hughes' gan Thomas Edwards o'r Nant (Twm o'r Nant), [19 gan.]. = A copy of an elegy, 'Marwnad Richard Hughes', by Thomas Edwards o'r Nant (Twm o'r Nant), [19 cent.].

Dwy gerdd teipysgrif, [1917x1918], [gan Caradog Rowlands, Llanuwchllyn], un, yn dwyn y teitl 'Yr Hen Gloch', ynglŷn â Lewis Davies, Blaenau Ffestiniog, golygydd papur newydd Y Gloch, oedd hefyd yn Swyddog Gorfodaeth i'r Fyddin (f. 1), a’r llall, ['Palas Pen Gwalia'], am Robert Edward Roberts, a oedd gyda swydd cyffelyb yn ardal Llanuwchllyn (f. 2). Ceir rhywfaint o gefndir y cerddi yn Haf Llewelyn, I Wyneb y Ddrycin: Hedd Wyn, Yr Ysgwrn a'r Rhyfel Mawr (Bala?, 2017), tt. 41-43, yn ogystal a saith pennill cyntaf 'Palas Pen Gwalia' (t. 43). = Two typescript poems, [1917x1918], [by Caradog Rowlands, Llanuwchllyn], one, entitled 'Yr Hen Gloch', concerning Lewis Davies, Blaenau Ffestiniog, editor of the newspaper Y Gloch who was also an Army Conscription Officer (f. 1), the other, ['Palas Pen Gwalia'], concerning Robert Edward Roberts, who fulfilled the same role in the Llanuwchllyn area (f. 2). The background to the poems is briefly discussed in Haf Llewelyn, I Wyneb y Ddrycin: Hedd Wyn, Yr Ysgwrn a'r Rhyfel Mawr (Bala?, 2017), pp. 41-43, alongside the first seven verses of 'Palas Pen Gwalia' (p. 43).

'Yr Athronwr a'r Pregethwr', cyfres o wyth englyn i Robert Llugwy Owen, [?1901].= 'Yr Athronwr a'r Pregethwr', a series of eight englyns addressed to Robert Llugwy Owen, [?1901].
Ysgrifennwyd ar gefn hysbyseb ar gyfer llieiniau allor. = Written on reverse of advertisment for altar linen.

An autograph translation, [1860x1920], by Anna Walter Thomas (Morfudd Eryri) of David Charles's 'O Fryniau Caersalem' into English (f. 1). Also included are two copies, [?early 20 cent.], of her translation of Heine's verse 'Eine Welle Sprach Zum Andern' into English and Welsh (ff. 2-3).

Marwnad i Eleanor Howell gan W[illiam] W[illiams] (Gwilym Cyfeiliog) yn cychwyn 'Rhyw newydd dieithrol a draidd yr awelon...', [19 gan., canol]. = An elegy for Eleanor Howell by William Williams (Gwilym Cyfeiliog) beginning 'Rhyw newydd dieithrol a draidd yr awelon...', [mid 19 cent.].
Ceir englyn ar f. 2. = An englyn is on f. 2.

Englynion ar amryw destunau, 1873-1875, wedi eu cyfansoddi yn bennaf ar gyfer Eisteddfod Aberaeron. = Englynion on various subjects, 1873-1875, composed mostly for competition at Aberaeron Eisteddfod.

Drafft o gerdd gan Morris Jones (Meurig Idris), Harlech, dyddiedig 1 Mai 1872. = A draft poem by Morris Jones (Meurig Idris), Harlech, dated 1 May 1872.

Pryddest ar y testun 'Carcharor Rhyfel' ar gyfer Eisteddfod Gosen, Blaenclydach, 6 Ebrill 1917; defnyddiodd yr awdur y ffugenw 'Tant Hedd'. = 'Pryddest' entitled 'Carcharor Rhyfel' (Prisoner of War) written for the eisteddfod at Gosen chapel, Blaenclydach, 6 April 1917; the author used the pseudonym 'Tant Hedd'.

'A Tomb-Stone' by H. Idris Bell, [1947], concerning a child's grave in Aber churchyard, Caernarvonshire.

Copïau, 1947, yn llaw'r awdur, o ddwy gerdd, 'Aberystwyth' (Saesneg) a 'Cwm Rhymni' (Cymraeg), gan Idris Davies. = Autograph copies, 1947, of two poems, 'Aberystwyth' (English) and 'Cwm Rhymni' (Welsh), by Idris Davies.
Cyhoeddwyd 'Aberystwyth' yn y Western Mail, 13 Mawrth 1947, a 'Cwm Rhymni' yn The Collected Poems of Idris Davies, gol. Islwyn Jenkins (Llandysul, 1972), t. 8. Ceir y ddwy yn The Complete Poems of Idris Davies, gol. D. R. Johnston (Caerdydd, 1994), tt. 147-8, 213. = 'Aberystwyth' was first published in the Western Mail, 13 March 1947, and 'Cwm Rhymni' in The Collected Poems of Idris Davies, ed. by Islwyn Jenkins (Llandysul, 1972), p. 8. Both appear in The Complete Poems of Idris Davies, ed. by D. R. Johnston (Cardiff, 1994), pp. 147-8, 213.

Cerdd goffa, [1947x1948], i Pastor D. P. Williams (Pastor Dan, m. 1947) gan Tom H. Williams, Penygroes, Llanelli. = A poem, [1947x1948], in memory of Pastor D. P. Williams (Pastor Dan, d. 1947) by Tom H. Williams of Penygroes, Llanelli.

Llawysgrif, 1852, yn llaw David Jones (Ieuan Cadfan) yn cynnwys carolau plygain gan Thomas Williams (Eos Gwynfa), cyfansoddwyd 1834 (ff. 1-4), a Hugh Jones, Llanddeiniolen (ff. 5-6 verso). = Manuscript, 1852, in the hand of David Jones (Ieuan Cadfan), containing carols by Thomas Williams (Eos Gwynfa), composed 1834 (ff. 1-4), and Hugh Jones, Llanddeiniolen (ff. 5-6 verso).
Cyhoeddwyd carol Hugh Jones yn ei gyfrol Turturiolen; neu, Garolau Nadolig (Caernarfon, 1836), tt. 11-14. = Hugh Jones's carol was published in his Turturiolen; neu, Garolau Nadolig (Caernarfon, 1836), pp. 11-14.

'Casgliad o Ganeuon i Ychain Sir Morganwg', 1899, wedi eu casglu gan y Parch. Owen Davies Thomas (Owain Cyfelach), Pontarddulais. = A collection of Glamorgan cattle songs, 1899, collected by the Rev. Owen Davies Thomas (Owain Cyfelach), Pontarddulais.

Copïau, [?20 gan., cynnar], o chwe englyn i'r carchar gan Dewi Havhesp. = Copies, [?early 20 cent.], of six englyns by David Roberts (Dewi Havhesp) on the subject of prison.