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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On a Ring-Plover Found Dead in Tyree. August, 1884 | Campbell, George | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 35 | no | 4345 |
| Grasmere | Anderson, Alexander | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 40–42 | no | 4346 |
| When the Boats Come Home | Doudney, Sarah | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 63 | no | 4347 |
| The Lone House | Craik, Dinah | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 85 | no | 4348 |
| Tethered | Webster, Augusta | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 96 | no | 4349 |
| Here or There? | Burton, Henry | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 111 | no | 4350 |
| Under a Thorn-Tree | Waring, H. E. | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 131–132 | no | 4351 |
| A Song in the Night | Smith, Nimmo | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 160 | no | 4352 |
| Transformation | C. B. (poet; Good Words) | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 171 | no | 4353 |
| Daffodils in March | Stevenson, Robert Macaulay | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 192 | no | 4354 |
| Lent | Haweis, Hugh Reginald | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 209–210 | no | 4355 |
| Rupert, the Rope-Maker | Cooper, Katharine (also Katherine) (née Saunders) | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 259 | no | 4356 |
| Three Sonnets | Freeland, William | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 274–275 | no | 4357 |
| Iona, 1885 | Campbell, John | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 295 | no | 4358 |
| The Dead Soul | Matheson, Annie | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 339 | no | 4359 |
| My Autumn Queen | Hendry, James | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 368–369 | no | 4360 |
| The Old Home | Doudney, Sarah | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 390–391 | no | 4361 |
| A Song of Good Counsel. German Air.—Geniest de Reitz des Lebens. (To Young Men) | Blackie, John Stuart | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 440 | no | 4362 |
| The Best Wine Last | Burton, Henry | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 475 | no | 4363 |
| When Jack is Tall and Twenty | Langbridge, Frederick | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 494 | no | 4364 |
| For Music | Betham-Edwards, Matilda | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 508 | no | 4365 |
| Pine and Palm | Canton, William | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 512–513 | no | 4366 |
| Evening | Dow, J. | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 534 | no | 4367 |
| St. Peter and the Baskets | Tranmar, Reid | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 560–561 | no | 4368 |
| Our Country Quarters | Robertson, James Logie (pseudonym Hugh Haliburton) |
1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 598–600 | no | 4369 |
| Yarrow Stream | Anderson, Alexander | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 627–628 | no | 4370 |
| At Richmond | Doudney, Sarah | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 660 | no | 4371 |
| The Wanderer | Langston, Joseph G. | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 738 | no | 4372 |
| A Ballad of Tennis | Sharp, William | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 765 | no | 4373 |
| Summer and Winter | Dow, J. | 1885 | Good Words Volume 26, Page 776–777 | no | 4374 |