Dangos 12839 canlyniad

Verses entitled, 'The Apostate Patriot to his soul. A Parody Inscribed to the Duke of Portland and Mr. Wm. Pitt. &c.'; 'Sic cecinet Mr. Broadbent' (In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg).

'On hearing the Reverend Dr. Gooc Preach on the Generall Fast'. 'Bath printed at the Tabernacle, 1780'. The last verse begins, 'Now Learn a Lesson Reverend don ...'.

Lines written by W. W., Sunday April 9, 1797, 'Sitting on a Bench in Penrhyn wood above Ogwen'. On the dorse in pencil is the following note: 'Dr. Glynn founded Bangor school for poor mens Children expressly, in 1557 - present Bp. of Bangor wanted to ? box It of it saying that poor people had nothing to do with learning but Mr. Ellis opposed'.

Queries (i.e. suggested lines of research) in connection with a work on Caernarvonshire to be compiled by W. W. assisted by the Rev. Robert Wiliams, curate of Llandudno, David Wilson, schoolmaster, Nefyn, and D. Thomas (?Dafydd Ddu Eryri).

Verses, 'On Mr. Ed: Wiliams's engraving a Text of Scripture proving the unity of Good on a stone to be fixed in the wall of Pantydefaid chapel'. On the dorse is a list of the publications of the Rev Robt Edward Garnham who died at Bury St Edmunds (in pencil).

Verses entitled, 'The decline of Wit'. Endorsed by Iolo Morganwg: 'On Wit handwriting of Miss Bruce'. Fragile.

A copy by Iolo Morganwg of poems composed by Miss Caroline Symmons, the daughter of the Revd Dr Symmons, in her 11th year. The first poem 'Spring', has been copied in its entirety, but only the first few lines are given of the other two, a sonnet 'On a blighted rose-bud' and 'The Hare bell'. The author died at a very early age.

Lines 'On Mr. Stanley Organist To The Temple Church who was born Blind' and other verses ('On Delia', 'Song', 'On the Organ', etc.).

Stanzas (4) copied from the reprint which appeared in 1776 of Thomas Churchyard's poem 'The Worthines of Wales', 1587. Endorsed: 'Agricultural Anecdotes from Churchyards Worthiness of Wales'.

'Hints for an Epic Poem on the story of Rhitta Gawr' (written on the dorse of a printed sheet containing a brief account of William Wade, Esq., Master of the Ceremonies at Bath and Brighthelmstone, 'For the Monthly Miscellany').

'Memorandum, - Primrose Hill, Decr. 1792', and a note of the latitute and longitude of Frampton House in Glamorganshire.

Extracts (poetry) transcribed from The Gentleman's Magazine 1753, January-June (In the autograph of E.W.).

'An Epigram Sent with a present of Mead', beginning, 'The juice of Bees, not Bacchus, here behold ...'. (Not in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg).

'Lines composed at the request of two English young Ladies by our old Welsh Poet (Iolo Morganwg) speaking of their being much finer looking girls then the Welsh' ('Cambria's Blooming Fair').

An epitaph on Anne, wife of William Howel, in Lantwit, beginning, 'Fairewell vaine world: as thou hast bin to me' (Baxter).

A copy of 'Canu moliant i Lywelyn ab Gruffudd - Dafydd Benfras ai Cant', beginning, 'Colofn nef dy nerth a archaf ... A dewred yr undyn dewraf'. A note written by Iolo Morganwg above the title states 'Llaw Deio o'r Nincil'. On the reverse side in a different hand is a copy of a poem by Rhisierdyn, 'I ferch' beginning 'uniawn bill hirddawn o ball harddedd', followed by 'englynion' (crossed out) in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg, two of them attributed to Iorwerth Fynglwyd. The poem by Rhisierdyn appears to have been transcribed from the 'Liber B' of Dr John Davies, Mallwyd [i.e. NLW MS 4973] ff. 261b-262. The poem by Dafydd Benfras is to be found on f. 14 of the same manuscript (The reference given here is to page 14).

Englynion (2) beginning, 'Diddig fo unig a fydd - a llonwych'. A note written above states 'Dyma Law Elis Rolant y Prydydd o Veirion'.

'Englynion i Brydyddion y Deheudir A achlysurwyd trwy ddarllen hanes Eisteddfod ddiweddar Caerfyrddin', by 'Morthwyl ap Einion' (Copied from Seren Gomer, 1819, p. 329).