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Three verses, dated 30 December 1905, by Edward Evan Morgan, Burry Port, sent to Prof. J. Young Evans and family, Trevecka College, as a greeting card.

Casgliad o farddoniaeth amrywiol, 1733-[1970], yn tarddu o nifer o ffynhonnellau, wedi eu derbyn rhwng 1910 a 1970 a'u hel gyda'u gilydd yn y Llyfrgell Genedlethol. = A collection of miscellaneous poetry, 1733-[1970], derived from various sources, accessioned between 1910 and 1970 and collected together at the National Library of Wales.

Cyclostyle copy of 'The Old Theology', a sonnet by Prof. J. Young Evans, dated Christmas 1907.

'An original poetic Address to the Aberdare Glam. Unemployed "Men's Own" recited by the Composer', by R[obert] W[alter] Bugg, April 1936.

Pedair cerdd gan Dewi [?y rhoddwr, D. T. Davies], Pontarddulais, 1937-1939, sef y tair cerdd holograff 'Llinellau Hiraeth ar ôl Rhosyn', 1937 (ff. 1-3), 'Dafydd a Nabal' (f. 4) ac 'Yr Angladd Heb-Gân', 1939 (ff. 5-7), a thoriad papur newydd o'r gerdd 'Gerddi'r Byd' o'r Llwchwr Gazette, 14 Hydref 1938 (f. 3). = Four poems by Dewi [?the donor, D. T. Davies], Pontarddulais, 1937-1939, comprising three holograph poems, 'Llinellau Hiraeth ar ôl Rhosyn', 1937 (ff. 1-3), 'Dafydd a Nabal' (f. 4) and 'Yr Angladd Heb-Gân', 1939 (ff. 5-7), and a cutting of the poem 'Gerddi'r Byd' from the Llwchwr Gazette, 14 October 1938 (f. 3).

Dau ffotograff golau uwch-fioled, [1940], o gopi anghyflawn o gywydd, [16 gan.], ar ddeilen rhwymo llawysgrif o Sieffre o Fynwy, Historia Regum Brittanie (Eton College MS 246 erbyn hyn, gw. Julia C. Crick, The Historia Regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth, III: A Summary Catalogue of the Manuscripts (Caergrawnt, 1989), tt. 113-4). = Two ultra-violet light photographs, [1940], of an imperfect copy of a cywydd, [16 cent.], written on the fly-leaf of a manuscript of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britannie (now Eton College MS 246, see Julia C. Crick, The Historia Regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth, III: A Summary Catalogue of the Manuscripts (Cambridge, 1989), pp. 113-4).
Mae'r ddalen hefyd yn cynnwys dwy linell, mewn Lladin, mae'n debyg o waith Albertano o Brescia, De amore et dilectione Dei et proximi et aliarum rerum et de forma vite, Liber IV. Caput XIII (f. 2). = The leaf also contains two lines, in Latin, apparently from Albertano of Brescia's De amore et dilectione Dei et proximi et aliarum rerum et de forma vite, Liber IV. Caput XIII (f. 2).

Adysgrif, [?20 gan., cynnar], o'r gerdd 'Swynion Salem, Coedgruffydd' gan 'Gwan o Geredigion', sef John Ll. Nuttall (Llwyd Fryniog). = Transcript, [?early 20 cent.], of the poem 'Swynion Salem, Coedgruffydd' by 'Gwan o Geredigion', namely John Ll. Nuttall (Llwyd Fryniog).
Cyhoeddwyd y gerdd yn llyfr Nuttall, Telyn Trefeurig, 2il argraffiad (Llundain, [1908]), tt. 65-67; fodd bynnag mae'n bosib y copïwyd yr adysgrif presennol allan o rifyn o'r Faner. = The poem was published in Nuttall's book Telyn Trefeurig, 2nd edn (London, [1908]), pp. 65-67; this transcript, however, may have been copied from an issue of Y Faner.

'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.

Llawysgrif, 1893-1896, o farddoniaeth, englynion yn bennaf, yn llaw John Jones (Ioan Brothen). = A manuscript, 1893-1896, of autograph poetry, mainly englynion, by John Jones (Ioan Brothen).
Cyhoeddwyd rhai o'r cerddi yn Ioan Brothen, Llinell Neu Ddwy, gol. gan John W. Jones (Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1942). = Some of the poems were published in Ioan Brothen, Llinell Neu Ddwy, ed. by John W. Jones (Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1942).

Printed copy of the poem 'Canterbury Pilgrims' by Sebastian Evans, signed by the author and dated Christmas 1902.
It was subsequently published in Canterbury: Mother-city of the Anglo-Saxon Race, ed. by Sebastian Evans and Francis Bennett Goldney (Canterbury, [1904]).

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.

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.

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).

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 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.