An illustrated non-denominational religious magazine (1860-1911), published by Alexander Strahan and initially edited by Rev. Norman Macleod. Good Words was published weekly until January 1861, when it became a monthly. DVPP’s indexing of Good Words poems is based on the collated annual volumes that sometimes do not distinguish between monthly parts, although we make inferences where possible that are based on poetry’s proximity to seasonal contributions.DVPP indexes poems until the end of 1901.
| Poem title | Poet(s) | Date | Vol etc. | Transcribed? | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sorrow of the Sea | Anderson, Alexander | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 32 | no | 3966 |
| The Last Bathe | How, William Walsham | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 39 | no | 3967 |
| At Sorrento | Webster, Augusta | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 56 | no | 3968 |
| Hours of Rest | Drury, Anna H. | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 110 | no | 3969 |
| Robin and I | C. B. (poet; Good Words) | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 127 | no | 3970 |
| The Lighthouse | Mackenzie, David James | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 136–137 | no | 3971 |
| Daffodils at Sea | Howson, J. S. | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 162 | no | 3972 |
| The Message of the Snowdrop | Reid, Samuel | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 202 | no | 3973 |
| On the Sea-Shore. A Story in Verse | Craik, Dinah | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 207–208 | no | 3974 |
| An April Song | Blackie, John Stuart | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 230 | no | 3975 |
| Down the Steep | Prout, S. G. | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 251 | no | 3976 |
| The Two Sowers | Anderson, Alexander | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 261 | no | 3977 |
| “The Red, Green, and the Yellow” | Robertson, James Logie (pseudonym Hugh Haliburton) |
1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 300–301 | no | 3978 |
| Sent Back by the Angels. A Ballad | Langbridge, Frederick | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 309–312 | no | 3979 |
| Renunciation | A. C. M. (poet; Good Words) | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 320 | no | 3980 |
| To the Lark | Grindrod, Charles | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 365 | no | 3981 |
| Song | Canton, William | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 376 | no | 3982 |
| The Living, and the Dying, and the Dead | Heaton, Arthur Frederick | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 380–381 | no | 3983 |
| At Rest | Doudney, Sarah | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 437 | no | 3984 |
| Floatsam! (1492) | Robertson, James Logie (pseudonym Hugh Haliburton) |
1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 444 | no | 3985 |
| A Musician | Ormerod, H. J. | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 469 | no | 3986 |
| The Ivy | Burton, Henry | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 507 | no | 3987 |
| Ariadne | Renwick, James | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 523–524 | no | 3988 |
| On a Lady’s Violin | MacDonald, Mosse | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 532 | no | 3989 |
| Dandie’s Last Journey. Dandie Speaks | Drury, Anna H. | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 571–573 | no | 3990 |
| A City Pastoral | Hendry, James | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 604–606 | no | 3991 |
| A Lay of a Cracked Fiddle | Langbridge, Frederick | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 639–640 | no | 3992 |
| The Lifeboat | Anderson, Alexander | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 660 | no | 3993 |
| The Hard Strait of the Feinne | Campbell, John | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 682–684 | no | 3994 |
| Nahum. Chiropodist. A Character Sketch | Smith, Walter Chalmers | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 737 | no | 3995 |
| The Blackbird’s Song | Buchanan, Walter | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 773 | no | 3996 |
| The Stone Face. A Christmas Legend | Canton, William | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 785–787 | no | 3997 |
| His Cold | Pierpoint, Folliott Sandford | 1883 | Good Words Volume 24, Page 796 | no | 3998 |