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Category: Boy
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Total poems: 156
Poem title
Poet(s)
Date
Periodical
id #
The Testimonium, A Prize Poem
Lockhart, John Gibson
1820-07
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine
8533
May
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15880
Bishop Hubert
Barton, Bernard
1824
Forget-Me-Not
15904
The Lover’s Tomb
Neele, Henry
1825
Forget-Me-Not
15064
The Cottage Door
Barton, Bernard
1826
Forget-Me-Not
13929
The Political Cobbler
Harrison, William Henry
1831
Forget-Me-Not
15698
Scan.-Mag
Jerdan, William
1832
The Keepsake
3583
Night and Love
1833
Forget-Me-Not
15231
Cupid Caught Tripping
Hervey, Thomas Kibble
1834
Forget-Me-Not
15737
Gipsy Children Caught in a Storm
Stuart-Wortley, Emmeline
1835
The Keepsake
3877
The Widowed Mother
Gardiner, Marguerite
1835
The Keepsake
3868
Dance of the Peasants, in the Winter’s Tale
Blanchard, Samuel Laman
1836
Forget-Me-Not
15334
King Alfred’s Return from the Danish Camp
Laurence, H.
1836
Forget-Me-Not
15316
A Tale of the Tower
Jerrold, Douglas William
1840
Forget-Me-Not
15168
The Tale of the Baptistry of St. Mark’s
Gardiner, Marguerite
1847
The Keepsake
5200
On the Portrait of Her Grace The Duchess of Argyll and The Marquis of Lorn
Bennoch, Francis
1856
The Keepsake
5727
Eckart the Trusty. (From Goethe)
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
1859-07-30
Once a Week
202
Retrospective
William, C. P.
1859-08-13
Once a Week
206
Hern Castle
King, Henry (1817-1888)
1859-10-01
Once a Week
220
Maude Clare
Rossetti, Christina G.
1859-11-06
Once a Week
232
Fair Drinking
Hopkins, Manley
1860-01-07
Once a Week
251
Seeking
Greenwell, Dora
1860-06
Good Words
337
Contrasts
Fuller, James Franklin
1860-07-14
Once a Week
280
Isabel
Greenwell, Dora
1860-11
Good Words
358
An Autumn Psalm for 1860
Craik, Dinah
1860-12
Good Words
365
The Christmas Tree
Greenwell, Dora
1860-12
Good Words
366
The Toad
Hugo, Victor
1861-01
Good Words
369
The Babes in the Wood. A Lover’s Dream
Greenwell, Dora
1861-02
Good Words
372
An Artisan’s Story
Buchanan, Robert Williams
1861-04
Good Words
376
A Song Which None but the Redeemed can Sing
Greenwell, Dora
1861-07
Good Words
384
The First Look-Out on the World
Craik, Dinah
1861-07
Good Words
383
The Mill-Fiend
Munby, Arthur J.
1861-08-03
Once a Week
839
Swing Song
1861-10-12
Once a Week
852
Only a Sweep. A Common Ballad
Hollingshead, John
1861-11
Good Words
393
Dr. Johnson’s Penance
Thornbury, George Walter
1861-12-28
Once a Week
868
Rung into Heaven
Moule, Horace
1862-03
Good Words
400
The Summer Woods
Forsyth, William
1862-06
Good Words
407
The Sabbath Day
1862-07
Good Words
410
Out Among the Wild-Flowers
W. S. F. (“A Police Constable”) (poet; Good Words)
1862-11
Good Words
418
St. Elmo
Craig (Knox), Isa
1863-01
Good Words
1569
The Passion-Flowers of Life
Baldwin, Astley H.
1863-02
Good Words
1573
He Heeded Not
MacDonald, George
1863-03
Good Words
1575
Nach Zehn Jahren (After Ten Years). From the German of Emmanuel Geibel
Geibel, Emmanuel
1863-03-28
Once a Week
472
Cousin Winnie
Massey, Gerald
1863-04
Good Words
1576
Childhood
Greenwell, Dora
1863-09
Good Words
1590
The Sheep and the Goat
MacDonald, George
1863-09
Good Words
1591
A Christmas Carol. 1863
Greenwell, Dora
1864
Good Words
1600
Grandmother’s Snuff
Massey, Gerald
1864
Good Words
1613
Prince Philibert
Rands, William Brighty
1864
Good Words
1614
The Lady of the Grange
Green, W.
1864-01-30
Once a Week
557
The Officer. (From Béranger)
Beranger, Pierre-Jean de
1864-03-12
Once a Week
567
Earl Pembroke’s Monument
Williams, Charles H.
1864-08-06
Once a Week
641
Acontius and Cydippe
W. G. (poet; Once a Week)
,
Green, W.
1865-01-14
Once a Week
726
“The Travellers.” (From the French of Victor Hugo)
Hugo, Victor
1865-03-04
Once a Week
741
Then and Now
H. D. W. (poet;
Once a Week
)
1865-06-17
Once a Week
766
Childe Gottfried
Crow, Louisa
1865-06-24
Once a Week
939
Moses Saved from the Waters. (From Victor Hugo)
Hugo, Victor
1865-07-01
Once a Week
942
“In the Clouds”
Thornbury, George Walter
1865-12-02
Once a Week
979
January 1866. “Out in the Snow”
R. (poet;
Once a Week
)
1866-01-06
Once a Week
13396
The Echo
Goddard, Julia
1866-03-10
Once a Week
13414
Between the Showers
1866-06-01
Good Words
1805
The Spoiler Despoiled
Goddard, Julia
1866-07-14
Once a Week
13495
Harvest
E. A. S. (poet;
Good Words
)
1866-09-01
Good Words
1811
The Gift of Clunnog Vawr. A Tale of Caer Arvon
Hervey, Eleanora Louisa
1866-10-27
Once a Week
13475
Tranquility. A Study
Calverley, Charles Stuart
1866-11-24
Once a Week
13482
Christmas Eve in the Country
Watkins, Morgan George
1866-12-01
Once a Week
13512
December
Goddard, Julia
,
G. (poet; Once a Week)
1866-12-01
Once a Week
13485
In Church on Christmas Day
Jackson, Blomfield
1866-12-01
Once a Week
13510
St. George and the Dragon. An Ancient Myth Modernized
Craik, Dinah
1866-12-01
Once a Week
13506
“Sweet Home”
Cook, Eliza
1867-01-12
Once a Week
12078
A Hindoo Legend
Thornbury, George Walter
1867-03-09
Once a Week
12124
Making Poetry
Havergal, Francis Ridley
1867-04-01
Good Words
1859
Hot Cross Buns.—(After Pope)
Goddard, Julia
1867-04-20
Once a Week
12149
May Day
Goddard, Julia
1867-05-04
Once a Week
12154
June. Dreaming
Goddard, Julia
1867-06-01
Once a Week
12161
The Child-Queen
Thornbury, George Walter
1867-08-03
Once a Week
13530
August
Goddard, Julia
1867-08-17
Once a Week
13537
“Changing Toys”
I. D. F. (poet; Once a Week)
1867-09-14
Once a Week
13546
All Hallow Eve
Goddard, Julia
1867-10-26
Once a Week
13564
Guy Fawkes’ Day
Goddard, Julia
1867-11-09
Once a Week
13571
The Strollers
Reece, Robert (Jr.)
1867-11-23
Once a Week
13575
A Christmas Carol. “Gloria In Exelsis”
Goddard, Julia
1867-12-28
Once a Week
13586
Christmas
Goddard, Julia
1867-12-28
Once a Week
13587
The Victim
Tennyson, Alfred
1868-01-01
Good Words
1888
The Harvest Home
Strahan, John
1868-08-01
Good Words
1908
Dance, My Children!
Macleod, Norman
1868-09-01
Good Words
1914
A Ballad
Smedley, Menella Bute
1869-01-01
Good Words
1980
Serenade
Massey, Gerald
1869-09-01
Good Words
12356
The Wedding
Massey, Gerald
1869-09-01
Good Words
12355
Wedded Love
Massey, Gerald
1869-09-01
Good Words
1996
Sun and Rain
1870-01-08
Once a Week
13807
Dorothy
U. L. T. (poet; Good Words)
1871
Good Words
2132
The Mother and the Angel
Anderson, Alexander
1871
Good Words
2128
A Morning by the Sea
Stone, Samuel John
1872
Good Words
2221
I.—The Anxious Mother
Macleod, Norman
1872
Good Words
2213
The Carpenter
MacDonald, George
1872
Good Words
2142
The Death of Columba
Blackie, John Stuart
1872
Good Words
2205
For a Drinking Fountain
Riddell-Webster, T. W.
1873
Good Words
2437
The Golden Thread. An incident so narrated in a very early French Fabliau.—(See Sir Walter Scott’s “Essay on Romantic Literature.”)
Greenwell, Dora
1873
Good Words
2423
The Legend of St. Christopher
Doherty, Francis Malcolm
1873
Good Words
2432
A Music Lesson
Japp, Alexander Hay
1874
Good Words
2517
An Invitation
Besemeres, Jane (pseudonym
Janet Byrne
)
1874
Good Words
2511
Sabbath Songs
Gough, Benjamin
1874
Good Words
2520
Swing-Song
Betham-Edwards, Matilda
1874
Good Words
2482
The Easter Decorations
Cambridge, Ada
1874
Good Words
2489
The Deaf Musician
Fyvie Mayo, Isabella
1875
Good Words
2568
An Oriental Comic Song
1875-03-20
Once a Week
13733
Summer
Japp, Alexander Hay
1876
Good Words
2609
A Touch of Pity
Japp, Alexander Hay
1878
Good Words
2741
Child’s Summer Song
Betham-Edwards, Matilda
1878
Good Words
2747
Eventide
Japp, Alexander Hay
1879
Good Words
2800
Harvest
Japp, Alexander Hay
1879
Good Words
2797
Spring in Field and Wood
Japp, Alexander Hay
1879
Good Words
2778
III.—A Summer Morning
A. H. J. (poet;
Good Words
)
1880
Good Words
13119
The Bugle Notes of Spring
Rigg, James
1882
Good Words
3943
The Death of Huss
Austin, Alfred
1882
Good Words
3939
Thinking of Michael
Anderson, Alexander
1882
Good Words
3956
Song
Canton, William
1883
Good Words
3982
“Jo”
Hine, Maud Egerton
1884
Good Words
4004
Gold and Silver
Langbridge, Frederick
1887
Good Words
5428
New Year in the Colonies
Craik, Dinah
1887
Good Words
5426
All Contrary
Strachey, Jane Maria
1887-10
Atalanta
1646
The Dairy Maids of Dort
Dodge, Mary B.
1887-10
Atalanta
1642
The Wise Men of Gotham
Power, Harriet
1887-11
Atalanta
1685
A Christmas Carol
Rossetti, Christina G.
1887-12
Atalanta
1690
The Drummer Boy of Kent (A Story from the French Wars, 1431)
Pratt, Charles Stuart
1887-12
Atalanta
1689
Queen Polly
Langbridge, Frederick
1888
Good Words
5498
Ballads of All Countries. England. Robin Hood and the Widow’s Sons
1888-01
Atalanta
1711
The Valentine
Strachey, Jane Maria
1888-02
Atalanta
1713
Kilcolman Castle
Spofford, Harriet Prescott
1888-03
Atalanta
1768
The Crow and The Fox. Versified from Æsop’s Fables
Bates, Clara Doty
1888-04
Atalanta
1771
The Child in the Midst. (Founded on an old Legend)
Burke, Christian Caroline Anna
1888-05
Atalanta
1774
A Dream-Garden
Tynan (Hinkson), Katharine
1888-08
Atalanta
1784
Youth’s Return
Aïdé, Hamilton
1888-08
Atalanta
1785
Little Alix. A Story of the Children’s Crusade
Woolsey, Sarah Chauncey (pseudonym
Susan Coolidge
)
1888-11
Atalanta
1834
The Dull November Day
Berger, Janet S.
1888-11
Atalanta
1833
A Castle In Spain
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins
1888-12
Atalanta
1839
Old Song
1888-12
Atalanta
1837
The Christmas Fleet
Strachey, Jane Maria
1888-12
Atalanta
1840
A Sad Case by an Old Doll
Bain, Charlotte
1890-02
Atalanta
1969
Fairy Jewels
Sherman, Frank Dempster
1890-03
Atalanta
1974
Caroline Herschel
Spofford, Harriet Prescott
1890-04
Atalanta
2029
Junes Long Fled
Langbridge, Frederick
1890-11
Atalanta
2051
Sir Walter’s Honor
Preston, Margaret J.
1890-12
Atalanta
2059
A Lullaby
McEwan, Tom
1891
Good Words
4109
The Mail-Cart
Johnston, Henry
1891
Good Words
4115
A New Year Fantasy
Watson, Rosamund Marriott
1891-01
Atalanta
2061
The Doleful Death and Dirge of Harpalus. (Continued)
1891-02
Atalanta
2069
Singing to a Star. (His Mother’s Song)
Piatt, Sarah M. B.
1891-03
Atalanta
2072
St. George. (At Venice and at Windsor)
Hopkins, Everard
1891-06
Atalanta
2081
At the Ferry
Richardson, Robert
1892
Good Words
5021
Elderflower
King, Harriet Eleanor Hamilton
1892-10
Atalanta
2224
The Corn-Keeper
Housman, Laurence
1892-10
Atalanta
2232
Royal Heart
Housman, Laurence
1893-01
Atalanta
2250
The Land of Cocaigne
Bain, Charlotte
1893-09
Atalanta
2272
The Viking Babes
Winterwood, Geoffrey
1896
Good Words
5109