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A miscellany of prose and verse begun by Robert Edmund, corvizer, Bala. It includes 'englynion' by David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri') [1759-1822], 1784-1792, Rolan[t] Huw [1714-1802], Evan [Evans] 'Fardd ac Offeiriad' ['Ieuan Fardd' or 'Ieuan Brydydd Hir'] [1731-1788], Robert Lewis, Robert Edwards, Sion Brwynog 'o Edeyrnion' [d. ?1567], Evan Ellis (Llanfawr, 1791), John Williams (Dolgellau), W[illiam] Jones (Llangadfan) [1726-1795], Thomas Jones, J. Robert, Rice Jones, Rhobert Gwilym and Robert Edwards (Llandderfel); a hymn by Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain') [1761-1849], with a letter and 'penillion' by David Jones ('Dafydd Sion Siams'); 'cywyddau' by Evan Ellis, 1791-1793, Robert William [1744-1815], Maredudd ap Rhys [fl. 1440-1483], Tudur Aled [c. 1465-c. 1525], Edward ap Raff [fl. 1587], Hugh Hughes ['Huw ap Huw' or 'Y Bardd Coch o Fôn'] [1693-1776], John Prys (Cae'rddinen), John Roberts (Tydu, 1782-1787), Rhys Jones ('o'r Blaenau', 1789), William Jones (Llangadfan) and Walter Davies; 'awdlau' by Robert William, Pandy, 1793, John Williams alias Shon Cynwyd, 1792, Rowland Huw and Rhys Jones 'o'r Blaenau' [1713-1801]; a copy of the first twelve chapters of Rhetoreg ... by Henry Perry [1560?-1617]; copies of letters by John and Evan Robert, 1793-1794; correspondence concerning Llandderfel, 1843; an extract from the will of 'Mr. Meyrick' relating to a charity school at Bala.

Poetry and biographical notes by Rees Jenkin Jones. (Formerly Rees Jenkin Jones MS.) Welsh, English. American cloth. Donated by Dr Goronwy Jones, Swansea.

An incomplete manuscript of a satirical poem or series of poems on subjects taken mainly from classical mythology; a poem satirizing medical men; a transcript of a ballad, relating to the defence of Governor Nicholson and the accusation of Comissary Blair, said to have been printed in 1704.

A manuscript containing a translation by T. Z. Jones, Aberaeron, of a portion of 'Yr Ystorm' by William Thomas (Islwyn, 1832-1878).

Poetical commonplace book of William Williams (c. 1625-1684) of Beaumaris. English, Anglo-Latin, Greek, Welsh. Calf. Purchased from Sotheby's, London, July 1978.

Ten letters, 1877-1884, in English and Welsh, to David Edwards, farmer, of Gilfach Glyd, Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, from Thomas Thomas (Twm Ddwywaith), farmer, of Cefn Pennar Ycha, Aberdare, dealing with personal matters and including englynion, tribannau and other poetry in Welsh, mostly by Thomas (ff. 3-20); together with one letter to Edwards from [Henry Austin Bruce], Lord Aberdare, 11 August 1877, thanking him for translating an englyn into English (f. 1).
Also included are verses in English in an unidentified hand (f. 21), and a covering letter, 4 May 1953, from the donor (f. ii recto-verso).

Poesioj Esperantoj per Pacifisto Damnita by [?Thomas Gwynn Jones]. Esperanto. (Formerly Jack Edwards MS 56.) Coloured paper. Donated by Miss Elizabeth Richards, Aberystwyth, 1942.

A manuscript containing poems and prose fragments by Rees Arthur Rees (Rhys Dyfed) (1837-1866) and a letter sent by him, 8th September 1857, to his mother from Liverpool.

Typescript copies of poems by Gloria Evans Davies, given to the writer Pamela Hansford (d. 1981). These poems were published in various anthologies and periodicals including The Spectator and New York Times.

Letter, dated 23 August 1939, from Dylan Thomas to Thomas Taig, enclosing a selection of poems intended 'for some kind of dramatic presentation' (f. 1). The writer encloses holograph fair copies of two of his poems: 'Find meat on bones that soon have none ...' (ff. 2-4) and 'Ears in the turrets hear ...' (ff. 5-6). He also encloses his own transcripts of George Woodcock's poem 'Landore' (f. 7), and Alan Pryce-Jones's 'Voyage' (ff. 8-9), together with three published issues of Keidrych Rhys's periodical Wales, 1937-8 (ff. 10-69), one of which bears Dylan's signature, and notes (f. 69 verso).
Thomas Taig was active in the Swansea Little Theatre, and intended to present poems by Welshmen writing in English at a London theatre at the end of September 1939; see further Dylan Thomas, The Collected Letters, ed. by Paul Ferris (London, 2000), pp. 438 and 452n.

Poems of Taliesin translated into English by H. Berkeley Score (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

'The Prytherch poems of R. S. Thomas' compiled by an unknown author and including a list of the poems in the order in which they appeared, together with a poem 'The red fire engine' by John [sic] Dressel which was awarded a prize.

Poems of Llywarch Hen translated into English by H. Berkeley Score (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

Poems of John Thomas Jones ('Eiddil Cynon'), and also poems submitted for competition at various eisteddfodau. Welsh, English. Between boards.

Unpublished manuscript poems, 1957-90, entitled 'Songs against the night', composed by the Rev. Islwyn Jenkins (1912-92), biographer of the Anglo-Welsh poet, Idris Davies.

Poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym (translated mostly by Arthur James Johnes, Garthmyl), with a sketch of the poet's life and notes on the poems. English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

Poems from 'The Four Ancient Books of Wales' (translations) (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

Poems from the Black Book of Carmarthen translated into English by H. Berkeley Score (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

Poems from Evan Evans: Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards (London, 1764) (translations) (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.