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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.

Copi llawysgrif, [18 gan., hwyr] (dyfrnod 'Afonwen Mill'), o bedwar pennill olaf cerdd anhysbys, gyda'r pennill cyntaf ar glawr yn cychwyn 'Mae'n ddyled i ninnau mewn goleu yn ddi gyd'. Mae'r pennill olaf yn dweud i'r gerdd gael ei chyfansoddi ym 1781. = A manuscript copy, [late 18 cent.] ('Afonwen Mill' watermark), of the final four verses of an anonymous poem, the first extant verse beginning 'Mae'n ddyled i ninnau mewn goleu yn ddi gyd'. The final verse gives the year of its composition as 1781.

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).

Dau englyn gan Evan Breece (Ieuan Cadfan) ac Evan Jones (Bardd Nant), Llanerfyl, Tachwedd 1850, yn sylwi ar helynt y byd (f. 1), ynghyd â dau englyn gan Evan Jones er cof am Evan Breece, [1855] (f. 2). = Two englyns by Evan Breece (Ieuan Cadfan) and Evan Jones (Bardd Nant), Llanerfyl, November 1850, commenting on current affairs (f. 1), together with two englyns by Evan Jones in memory of Evan Breece, [1855] (f. 2).

'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.

'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).

Copi, 1895, o bryddest o'r enw 'Dyngarwch' gan Lewis Roderick. = A copy, 1895, of a poem in free metre entitled 'Dyngarwch' (philanthropy) by Lewis Roderick.

Cerdd anhysbys i gyfarch eisteddfod, yn cychwyn 'Ha wyr hen ddifyr ddefod...', [20 gan., ¼ cyntaf]. = An anonymous poem addressing an eisteddfod, beginning 'Ha wyr hen ddifyr ddefod...', [20 cent., first ¼].

Cerddi a negeseuon i gyfarch John Pugh, Blaenlliw, Llanuwchllyn, wrth iddo ddathlu ei benblwydd yn 80 oed ar 28 Chwefror 1941. = Poems and messages sending greetings to John Pugh, Blaenlliw, Llanuwchllyn, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday on 28 February 1941.
Ceir cyfarchiadau gan G. A. Edwards (f. 1), Elfed (f. 3), R. T. Jenkins (f. 6), Watkin Jones (f. 9) a Llwyd y Bryn [sic] (f. 10) ymysg eraill; anfonwyd hwy i'r rhoddwr yn y lle cyntaf (gw. f. 3). = There are greetings from G. A. Edwards (f. 1), Elfed (f. 3), R. T. Jenkins (f. 6), Watkin Jones (f. 9) and Llwyd y Bryn [sic] (f. 10) amongst others; they were sent in the first place to the donor (see f. 3).

A copy, [19 cent., second ½], in an unknown hand, of 'Pen-y-gwryd', a poem of 14 verses, dated 21 August 1856, written by Charles Kingsley, Tom Taylor and Thomas Hughes.
The verses were entered by the three men in the visitors' book of the Pen-y-Gwryd Inn, Caernarvonshire, at the end of their stay in August 1856. The poem was published in Offerings at the foot of Snowdon; or, Breathings of Indolence at Pen-y-gwryd (Woburn, 1864). The text of the present copy includes a few variations from that published version and may have been copied directly from the visitors' book. The manuscript was apparently sent to J. L. Roget, whose name appears on f. 2 verso.

A holograph copy, [c. 1823] (watermark 1821), of the first three verses, and accompanying descriptive passage, of the poem 'The Home of Taliessin' by Alaric A. Watts.
The poem was first published in Alaric A. Watts, Poetical Sketches... and Other Poems, 3rd edn with additional poems (London, 1824), pp. 155-157, where it comprised six verses; it was collected in Alaric A. Watts, Lyrics of the Heart: With Other Poems (London, 1851), pp. 275-276, as five verses (the fourth having been omitted). The poem was composed in 1819 (see Watts (1824), p. 157).

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.

Chwe ymgais i gyfansoddi tri englyn ar y testun 'Y Gwir Anrhydeddus W. E. Gladstone, A.S.' ar gyfer Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Wrecsam, 1888. = Six entries for a competition at the National Eisteddfod, Wrexham, 1888, to compose three englyns in praise of W. E. Gladstone.
Enillwyd y gystadleuaeth gan y Parch. J. O. Williams (Pedrog), Lerpwl (gw. Eisteddfod Genedlaethol y Cymry, Cofnodion Buddugol Eisteddfod Gwrecsam, 1888, gol. gan E. Vincent Evans (Lerpwl, 1889), t. 500); nid yw ei ymgais yn rhan o'r llawysgrif bresennol. = The competition was won by the Rev. J. O. Williams (Pedrog), Liverpool (see Eisteddfod Genedlaethol y Cymry, Transactions of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Wrexham, 1888, ed. by E. Vincent Evans (Liverpool, 1889), p. 500); his entry is not part of the present manuscript.

Holograph copies, 1952, of poems and other material by Frank Elijah Dudley, California, 1940-1952.
Photographs and envelopes are pasted onto the leaves.

Englyn, 1951, i Siop Jack Edwards, Aberystwyth, yn llaw T. H. Parry-Williams. = A holograph englyn, 1951, to Siop Jack Edwards, Aberystwyth, by T. H. Parry-Williams.

Casgliad o ganeuon amserol, [1914]-[1918], mewn teipysgrif a llawysgrif, gan y Parch. T. Lloyd Jones, ar gyfer cyngherddau i filwyr ar ymweliadau cartref yn ardal Pencader, sir Gaerfyrddin. = A collection of typescript and manuscript topical songs, [1914]-[1918], by the Rev. T. Lloyd Jones, for concerts held for soldiers on leave in the Pencader district, Carmarthenshire.
Mae rhai dalennau yn cynnwys cerddoriaeth mewn nodiant sol-ffa. Cynhwysir hefyd gyflythyr, yn Saesneg, oddi wrth y rhoddwr, 11 Mai 1956 (f. i). = Some folios contain music in sol-fa notation. A covering letter, in English, from the donor, 11 May 1956, is also included (f. i).

'Y plant cadw a ddysgodd Gymraeg', cerdd ynghylch ffoaduriaid Ail Ryfel Byd, o bosib yn llaw John Davies, Goginan, [1950au]. = 'Y plant cadw a ddysgodd Gymraeg', a poem concerning Second World War evacuees, possibly in the hand of John Davies, Goginan, [1950s].
Ysgrifenwyd y gerdd ar gefn cylchlythyr ymgyrch Senedd i Gymru, dyddiedig 3 Hydref 1949. = The poem was written on the reverse of a Parliament for Wales campaign circular, dated 3 September 1949.