A literary annual (1827-1857), edited by a series of high profile figures including the Countess of Blessington and Frederic Mansell Reynolds. Illustrated poetry in The Keepsake was written for expensive engravings of paintings, so that the poem illustrated the picture.
| Poem title | Poet(s) | Date | Vol etc. | Transcribed? | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the Portrait of the Duchess of Manchester | Maynard, Julia | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 1–2 | no | 5609 |
| Song | Procter, Bryan Waller (pseudonym Barry Cornwall) |
1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 20 | no | 5610 |
| The Parrot and the Mirror. Addressed to a Portrait of Mrs. Kingston James | Hibernian (pseudonym) | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 21–22 | no | 5611 |
| Dreams | Campbell, (Robert) Calder | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 36–37 | no | 5612 |
| The Pen and the Album | Thackeray, William Makepeace | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 48–50 | no | 5613 |
| The Long Last Sleep | Thomas, Jane | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 59–61 | no | 5614 |
| I Number None But Sunny Hours | Yates, Edmund Hodgson | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 62 | no | 5615 |
| Scandal | Ponsonby, Eliza Anne (née Skelton) | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 65–69 | no | 5616 |
| The Boat and the Beacon | Trevanion, Ada | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 77–79 | no | 5617 |
| Lines From the German | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 88 | no | 5619 | |
| I Love Thee, I Love Thee! | Watts, Alaric Alexander | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 87–88 | no | 5618 |
| Life in Paradise | Thompson, Henry | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 95 | no | 5620 |
| Lines to Lady Cochrane. (Now Countess of Dundonald) | Scott, Walter | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 96–97 | no | 5621 |
| I Leave Them All | Peach, Louisa Courtenay | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 98 | no | 5622 |
| A Recollection | Milnes, Richard Monckton | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 113–114 | no | 5623 |
| To Mdlle. Luigina de Sodre (Not Composed, But Imagined, in the Bath Rooms) | Landor, Walter Savage | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 124–125 | no | 5624 |
| A Guide For Pilgrims | Hitchings, Charles H. | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 125 | no | 5625 |
| Evening Recollections | Watts, Priscilla (Zillah) Maden | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 147 | no | 5626 |
| The Lady John Manners | Howard, Charles | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 184–185 | no | 5627 |
| The Old Soldier. An Anecdote | Hitchings, Charles H. | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 217–219 | no | 5628 |
| To A. H. T. | Thompson, Henry | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 229 | no | 5629 |
| The Sky-Lark | Shipton, Anna (née Savage) | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 230–231 | no | 5630 |
| The Legend of Hotspur and Lady Kate; Or, A New Reading of the “Percy Reliques” | Owen, Octavius Freire | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 232–241 | no | 5631 |
| On the Portrait of The Lady Otway | Power, Marguerite Agnes | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 267 | no | 5632 |
| Last Spring | Zeta (pseudonym) | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 268–269 | no | 5633 |
| Unrest | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 271 | no | 5635 | |
| To —. | Yates, Edmund Hodgson | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 270–271 | no | 5634 |
| The Aqueduct | Snow, Robert | 1853 | The Keepsake Volume 1853, Page 272 | no | 5636 |