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Category: Girl
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Poems assigned to this category
Total poems: 214
Poem title
Poet(s)
Date
Periodical
id #
The Testimonium, A Prize Poem
Lockhart, John Gibson
1820-07
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine
8533
April
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15879
August
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15883
February
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15877
January
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15876
July
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15882
June
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15881
March
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15878
May
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15880
November
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15886
October
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15885
September
1823
Forget-Me-Not
15884
A Poet’s Study
Barton, Bernard
1824
Forget-Me-Not
15900
Evening Prayer at a Girls’ School
Hemans, Felicia
1826
Forget-Me-Not
13924
The Cottage Door
Barton, Bernard
1826
Forget-Me-Not
13929
The Mother’s Grave
1827
Forget-Me-Not
15642
Music’s Mishap
1828
The Keepsake
2875
The Hop Girl
Roberts, Emma
1828
Forget-Me-Not
14111
The Peasant Girl
1828
The Keepsake
2932
Virginia
1828
The Keepsake
2947
Lucy and Her Bird
Southey, Robert
1829
The Keepsake
2962
The Thunderstorm
Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (pseudonym
L. E. L.
)
1832
Forget-Me-Not
15277
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
The Rich and the Poor
Howitt, Mary
1838
Forget-Me-Not
15806
The Mother’s Offering
Howitt, Mary
1839
Forget-Me-Not
15349
Mahammed’s Lament for His Mother, Who Died a Pagan
Stapleton, Miles
1841
The Keepsake
4876
The Parted
Walker, Elizabeth (Eliza)
1841
Forget-Me-Not
15378
The Mountain Child
Power, Marguerite Agnes
1842
The Keepsake
4899
View on the Hudson
Simmons, Bartholomew
1842
The Keepsake
4887
The Lord of Riccia’s Heir
Gardiner, Marguerite
1843
The Keepsake
4970
Aline
Simmons, Bartholomew
1844
The Keepsake
5009
Cortile Salviati
Gardiner, Marguerite
1846
The Keepsake
5179
Lines on the Portrait of the Princess Royal
Gardiner, Marguerite
1846
The Keepsake
5173
Rachel’s Dove
Power, Marguerite Agnes
1847
The Keepsake
5216
The Fisherman’s Home
Crosland, Camilla (née Toulmin)
1851
The Keepsake
5578
On the Portrait of Miss Talbot. A Fantasy
A Septagenarian
1855
The Keepsake
5717
Once a Week
Brooks, Shirley
1859-07-02
Once a Week
195
The Grandmother’s Apology
Tennyson, Alfred
1859-07-16
Once a Week
199
Retrospective
William, C. P.
1859-08-13
Once a Week
206
Scarborough—1859
Hole, Samuel Reynolds
1859-09-17
Once a Week
215
Shoreward
Cayley, George John
1859-10-15
Once a Week
227
Bradmere Pool
Stewart, Louisa
1859-10-22
Once a Week
228
Maude Clare
Rossetti, Christina G.
1859-11-06
Once a Week
232
Unspoken Dialogue
Milnes, Richard Monckton
1860-02
The Cornhill Magazine
11933
Après
Munby, Arthur J.
1860-04-07
Once a Week
265
Seeking
Greenwell, Dora
1860-06
Good Words
337
The Deformed Child
Greenwell, Dora
1860-07
Good Words
339
The Little Girl’s Lament
Greenwell, Dora
1860-09
Good Words
347
An Autumn Psalm for 1860
Craik, Dinah
1860-12
Good Words
365
The Christmas Tree
Greenwell, Dora
1860-12
Good Words
366
The Babes in the Wood. A Lover’s Dream
Greenwell, Dora
1861-02
Good Words
372
A Song Which None but the Redeemed can Sing
Greenwell, Dora
1861-07
Good Words
384
The Mill-Fiend
Munby, Arthur J.
1861-08-03
Once a Week
839
The Blind School
Greenwell, Dora
1861-09
Good Words
387
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
My Treasure
Mulholland, Rosa
1862-08
Good Words
412
Out Among the Wild-Flowers
W. S. F. (“A Police Constable”) (poet; Good Words)
1862-11
Good Words
418
A Pastoral
Greenwell, Dora
1863-01
Good Words
1568
St. Elmo
Craig (Knox), Isa
1863-01
Good Words
1569
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
The Aspen
1863-06
Good Words
1582
A Missionary Cheer
Massey, Gerald
1863-08
Good Words
12354
Childhood
Greenwell, Dora
1863-09
Good Words
1590
The Sheep and the Goat
MacDonald, George
1863-09
Good Words
1591
A Modern Idyll
W. G. (poet; Once a Week)
,
Green, W.
1863-09-12
Once a Week
514
An Orphan Family’s Christmas
Massey, Gerald
1863-12
Good Words
1596
A Christmas Carol. 1863
Greenwell, Dora
1864
Good Words
1600
A Lancashire Doxology
Craik, Dinah
1864
Good Words
1617
At the Gate
C. (poet; Good Words)
1864
Good Words
1726
Grandmother’s Snuff
Massey, Gerald
1864
Good Words
1613
Polly
Rands, William Brighty
1864
Good Words
1609
Prince Philibert
Rands, William Brighty
1864
Good Words
1614
The Lady of the Grange
Green, W.
1864-01-30
Once a Week
557
The Moon’s Wanderings. (From the German)
1864-02-27
Once a Week
562
Kitty
Taylor, George R.
1864-12-17
Once a Week
717
Song of the Cress-Girl
Caddell, Cecilia Mary
1864-12-31
Once a Week
721
Janet’s Question
I. C. (poet; Good Words)
1865
Good Words
1753
“Le Toit S’Egaie et Rit.” (From Victor Hugo)
Hugo, Victor
1865-02-11
Once a Week
736
“The Travellers.” (From the French of Victor Hugo)
Hugo, Victor
1865-03-04
Once a Week
741
The Old King Dying
Jackson, Blomfield
1865-04-15
Once a Week
751
Childe Gottfried
Crow, Louisa
1865-06-24
Once a Week
939
Lucy’s Garland
Munby, Arthur J.
1865-10-28
Once a Week
969
Larthon of Inis-Huna. A Tale of the Green Children
Hervey, Eleanora Louisa
1866-05-26
Once a Week
13439
Between the Showers
1866-06-01
Good Words
1805
The Voyage
¶ ¶ (poet; Good Words)
1866-08-01
Good Words
1807
August
Goddard, Julia
1866-08-04
Once a Week
13460
Harvest
E. A. S. (poet;
Good Words
)
1866-09-01
Good Words
1811
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
New Years Day
Goddard, Julia
1867-01-05
Once a Week
12076
“Sweet Home”
Cook, Eliza
1867-01-12
Once a Week
12078
St. Patrick’s Day
Lover, Samuel
1867-03-16
Once a Week
12127
Hot Cross Buns.—(After Pope)
Goddard, Julia
1867-04-20
Once a Week
12149
A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush
Smedley, Menella Bute
1867-05-01
Good Words
1864
May Day
Goddard, Julia
1867-05-04
Once a Week
12154
June. Dreaming
Goddard, Julia
1867-06-01
Once a Week
12161
The Cabin-Boy
Freeland, William
1867-06-01
Good Words
1866
St. Swithin. The Legend
Goddard, Julia
1867-07-20
Once a Week
13526
The Child-Queen
Thornbury, George Walter
1867-08-03
Once a Week
13530
Michaelmas Day
Goddard, Julia
1867-09-28
Once a Week
13552
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
Glenalla
Smedley, Menella Bute
1868-06-01
Good Words
1904
Among the Corn
Fyvie Mayo, Isabella
1868-07-01
Good Words
1907
The Harvest Home
Strahan, John
1868-08-01
Good Words
1908
Dance, My Children!
Macleod, Norman
1868-09-01
Good Words
1914
At the Window
Craik, Dinah
1868-10-01
Good Words
1917
“Little May”
Moresby, Jane
1869-03-01
Good Words
2003
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
Edith. Part II.—Chapter III.—Little Ethel
Ashe, Thomas
1870-12-24
Once a Week
13725
Dorothy
U. L. T. (poet; Good Words)
1871
Good Words
2132
To Baby Kathleen Mary
Monsell, John Samuel Bewley
1871
Good Words
2117
A Morning by the Sea
Stone, Samuel John
1872
Good Words
2221
A Song of the Seasons
Monsell, John Samuel Bewley
1872
Good Words
2156
For a Drinking Fountain
Riddell-Webster, T. W.
1873
Good Words
2437
I.—Hymn for a Little Child
Betham-Edwards, Matilda
1873
Good Words
2440
In the Woods
Jenner, Alice Hay
1873
Good Words
2441
The Flower Girls
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
1873
Good Words
2463
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
I. First Impressions
Henley, William Ernest
1875-07
The Cornhill Magazine
12313
A Touch of Pity
Japp, Alexander Hay
1878
Good Words
2741
Work and Play
Reid, P. Y.
1878
Good Words
2750
“Would to God!”
Meynell, Wilfred
1878
Good Words
2739
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
Charity
Japp, Alexander Hay
1880
Good Words
3553
Over the Sea
Burton, Henry
1881
Good Words
3657
Singing
Burton, Henry
1881
Good Words
3892
The Reason Why Florence was Called “The Duchess.” Dedicated to F. C. B. and K. L. B.
Stone, Samuel John
1881
Good Words
3652
The Sunset’s Gate
J. C. A. (poet; Good Words)
1881
Good Words
3896
The Bugle Notes of Spring
Rigg, James
1882
Good Words
3943
Thinking of Michael
Anderson, Alexander
1882
Good Words
3956
Pine and Palm
Canton, William
1885
Good Words
4366
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
“My Lady Wakes”
Macleod, Mary
1887-10
Atalanta
1644
Harebells
King, Harriet Eleanor Hamilton
1887-11
Atalanta
1683
The Mother’s Choice
Weatherly, Frederic Edward
1887-12
Atalanta
1687
In a London Square
Richardson, Robert
1888
Good Words
5489
Queen Polly
Langbridge, Frederick
1888
Good Words
5498
A Child Asleep
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
1888-01
Atalanta
1724
The Valentine
Strachey, Jane Maria
1888-02
Atalanta
1713
The Story of An Ambuscade. A Frontier Ballad
Hayne, Paul Hamilton
1888-03
Atalanta
1766
Up, Bonnie Bird!
Robertson, James Logie (pseudonym
Hugh Haliburton
)
1888-03
Atalanta
1765
Confirmation
King, Harriet Eleanor Hamilton
1888-04
Atalanta
1773
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
The Ivory Gate
Leith, Emily
1888-06
Atalanta
1777
Childhood Land
Weatherly, Frederic Edward
1888-07
Atalanta
1780
The Little Princess
Butt, Geraldine
1888-07
Atalanta
1781
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 Common Joys
Robertson, Janet Logie (née
Simpson
)
1888-11
Atalanta
1831
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
“All Ends In Song”
Maitland, Ella Fuller
1888-12
Atalanta
1836
On the Last Day of the Year
Maitland, Ella Fuller
1889-01
Atalanta
1841
The Crocus
King, Harriet Eleanor Hamilton
1889-03
Atalanta
1848
May Month
Strachey, Jane Maria
1889-05
Atalanta
1928
The Butterflies’ Pedigree
Leith, Emily
1889-06
Atalanta
1932
To a Child of Quality 5 Years Old
Prior, Matthew
1889-10
Woman’s World
681
To A Child Who Asked Me For A Poem
Noel, Roden
1889-10
Atalanta
1945
A Sad Case by an Old Doll
Bain, Charlotte
1890-02
Atalanta
1969
Caroline Herschel
Spofford, Harriet Prescott
1890-04
Atalanta
2029
The Fairy Prince
Robinson, Annie (pseudonym
Marian Douglas
)
1890-05
Atalanta
2034
The Friar of Orders Gray
Percy, Thomas
1890-06
Atalanta
2036
Dirge
Maitland, Ella Fuller
1890-07
Atalanta
2039
A Morning Song
Strange, Edward F.
1890-09
Atalanta
2044
The Mail-Cart
Johnston, Henry
1891
Good Words
4115
Singing to a Star. (His Mother’s Song)
Piatt, Sarah M. B.
1891-03
Atalanta
2072
West End Fair September 1806
Barbauld, Anna Letitia
1891-06
Atalanta
2085
Lohengrin
Wagner, Richard
1891-12
Atalanta
2168
All Saints
Doudney, Sarah
1892
Good Words
5024
The Enemies. A Picture and a Parable for Children
Salmon, Arthur Leslie
1892
Good Words
4213
January
Kendall, Elsie
1892-01
Atalanta
2170
The Walking Doll. By Her Late Owner
C. J. M. B. (poet; Atalanta)
1892-06
Atalanta
2198
Elderflower
King, Harriet Eleanor Hamilton
1892-10
Atalanta
2224
Charlotte Corday
Hopkins, Everard
1892-11
Atalanta
2235
Chrysanthemums
Davidson, John
1893
Good Words
5042
Spring Fancies
Canton, William
1893
Good Words
15910
Summer and Autumn Fancies
Canton, William
1893
Good Words
15912
Fairy-Land
Nesbit, Edith
1893-02
Atalanta
2253
The Life-Lamp
Nesbit, Edith
,
Barron, Oswald
1893-05
Atalanta
2264
A Song of Silence
Cregan, Beatrice
1893-12
Atalanta
2285
By the Sea
Reid, Samuel
1894
Good Words
5053
The Venetians
Tynan (Hinkson), Katharine
1894
Good Words
5055
Girlhood
Salmon, Arthur Leslie
1895
Good Words
5086
Childhood
Reid, John
1896
Good Words
5107
The Viking Babes
Winterwood, Geoffrey
1896
Good Words
5109
To Violets
Herrick, Robert
1896-05
Atalanta
2366
Heart-Less
Wren, M. H.
,
M. H. W. (poet; Atalanta)
1897-06
Atalanta
2412