Household Words (HHWords) 1850

A middle-class weekly family magazine, unillustrated and costing 2d, Household Words (1850-1859) was “conducted” by Charles Dickens. Christmas issues were particularly successful Poems in Household Words are generally unsigned and often featured poetry. The magazine was amalgamated into All the Year Round, following Dickens’ dispute with the publishers. Unless otherwise noted, poet attribution is from Anne Lohrli’s Household Words: A Weekly Journal 1850-1859 (University of Toronto Press, 1973).

Poems appearing in this periodical

1850

Total poems: 66
Poem title Poet(s) Date Vol etc. Transcribed? id #
Abraham and the Fire-Worshipper. A Dramatic Parable Hunt, Leigh 1850-03-30 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 12–13 yes 1035
The Wayside Well Allingham, William 1850-03-30 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 19 yes 1038
Good Verses of a Bad Poet Blackmore, Richard (1654-1729) 1850-04-06 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 36 yes 1077
A Dialogue of Shadows Procter, Bryan Waller (pseudonym Barry Cornwall) 1850-04-06 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 38 yes 1039
Sonnet to Lord Denman. Retiring from the Chief Justiceship of England Talfourd, Thomas Noon 1850-04-13 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 3, Page 60 yes 1041
The Seasons Bennett, William Cox 1850-04-13 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 3, Page 65 yes 1071
Dream within Dream; or, Evil Minimised Hunt, Leigh 1850-04-20 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 4, Page 82 yes 1072
The Lady Alice Allingham, William 1850-04-20 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 4, Page 84 yes 1073
Arctic Heroes. A Fragment of Naval History Horne, Richard Hengist 1850-04-27 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 5, Page 108–109 yes 1074
The Railway Station Greenwell, Dora 1850-05-04 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 6, Page 132–133 yes 1075
The Uses of Sorrow Norris, Maria 1850-05-11 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 7, Page 156 yes 1076
Lines by Robert Southey. [From an Unpublished Autograph] Southey, Robert 1850-05-11 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 7, Page 167 yes 1078
Swedish Folk-Songs. Fair Carin 1850-05-18 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 8, Page 180 yes 1080
Spring-Time in the Court Lemon, Mark 1850-05-25 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 9, Page 199 yes 1081
Swedish Folk-Songs. The Dove on the Lily 1850-05-25 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 9, Page 204 yes 1082
Birth Song Howitt, Mary 1850-06-01 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 10, Page 229 yes 1083
Song of Death Howitt, Mary 1850-06-01 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 10, Page 229–230 yes 12388
The Son of Sorrow. A Fable from the Swedish 1850-06-01 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 10, Page 238 yes 1086
A Wish Horne, Richard Hengist 1850-06-08 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 11, Page 245 yes 1087
The Orphan’s Voyage Home Earle 1850-06-08 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 11, Page 253 yes 1088
The Summer Sabbath Campbell, (Robert) Calder 1850-06-15 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 12, Page 270 yes 1091
A Village Tale Bennett, William Cox 1850-06-15 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 12, Page 276–277 yes 1092
The Revenge of Aesop. Imitated from Phaedrus Bulwer-Lytton, Edward 1850-06-15 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 12, Page 288 yes 1093
Earth’s Harvests 1850-06-22 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 13, Page 297 yes 1103
Press On. A Rivulet’s Song 1850-06-22 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 13, Page 301 yes 1104
The Two Sacks. Imitated from Phædrus Bulwer-Lytton, Edward 1850-06-22 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 13, Page 304 yes 1105
Flowers Procter, Bryan Waller (pseudonym Barry Cornwall) 1850-06-29 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 14, Page 325 yes 1106
An Old Haunt Lawson, E. 1850-07-03 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 19, Page 444–445 yes 1112
A Stroll by Startlight Morley, Henry 1850-07-06 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 15, Page 350 yes 1107
The Ballad of Richard Burnell Howitt, Mary 1850-07-13 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 16, Page 372–374 yes 1108
“I Would Not Have Thee Young Again” Lemon, Mark 1850-07-20 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 17, Page 392 yes 1109
A Great Man Departed Horne, Richard Hengist 1850-07-20 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 17, Page 396 yes 1110
The Birth of Morning Morley, Henry 1850-07-27 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 18, Page 420 yes 1111
The Love of Nature Morley, Henry 1850-08-03 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 19, Page 452 yes 1113
“All Things in the World Must Change” Lemon, Mark 1850-08-10 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 20, Page 468 yes 1115
An Every-Day Hero Howitt, Mary 1850-08-17 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 21, Page 492–494 yes 1116
Sorrows and Joys Meredith, George 1850-08-24 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 22, Page 517–518 yes 1126
The Sister’s Farewell Browne (Brown), Frances 1850-08-31 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 23, Page 539–540 yes 1118
Lines to a Dead Linnet Horne, Richard Hengist 1850-08-31 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 23, Page 547 yes 1119
The Household Jewels Prince, John Critchley 1850-09-07 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 24, Page 564–565 yes 1120
The Singer Greenwell, Dora 1850-09-07 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 24, Page 574–575 yes 1121
A Cottage Memory Allingham, William 1850-09-14 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 25, Page 588 yes 1122
Where Dwell the Dead? George, Frances (née Southwell) 1850-09-14 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 25, Page 596 yes 1123
A Sacred Grove Horne, Richard Hengist 1850-09-21 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 26, Page 607 yes 1124
“Battle with Life!” 1850-09-21 Household Words Volume 1, Issue 26, Page 611 yes 1125
Gentle Words Lemon, Mark 1850-09-28 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 27, Page 4 yes 1137
The Emigrant’s Bird Lemon, Mark 1850-09-28 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 27, Page 12 yes 1138
A Lay of London Streets Ollier, Edmund 1850-10-05 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 28, Page 36 yes 1139
A Lament for the Fairies Watts, Alaric Alexander 1850-10-12 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 29, Page 59–60 yes 1140
A Lesson for Future Life 1850-10-12 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 29, Page 65 yes 1141
A Guernsey Tradition Bradburn 1850-10-19 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 30, Page 84–85 yes 1142
Hiram Power’s Greek Slave Browning, Elizabeth Barrett 1850-10-26 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 31, Page 99 yes 1143
The Two Trees Prince, John Critchley 1850-10-26 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 31, Page 108 yes 1144
A Memory 1850-10-26 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 31, Page 112 yes 1145
The Sower Morley, Henry 1850-11-02 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 32, Page 128 yes 1146
The Golden Age Patmore, Coventry 1850-11-02 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 32, Page 132–133 yes 1147
The Two Blackbirds Meredith, George 1850-11-09 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 33, Page 157 yes 1148
Wayconnell Tower Allingham, William 1850-11-16 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 34, Page 181 yes 1149
The Dumb Child Macintosh, Eliza Anne (née Griffiths) 1850-11-23 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 35, Page 205 yes 1150
Human Brotherhood Prince, John Critchley 1850-11-30 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 36, Page 229 yes 1151
The Outcast Lady 1850-12-07 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 37, Page 252 yes 1152
The Youth and the Sage Horne, Richard Hengist 1850-12-07 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 37, Page 262 yes 1153
City Graves Lewis, John Delaware 1850-12-14 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 38, Page 277 yes 1154
Household Christmas Carols Horne, Richard Hengist 1850-12-21 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 39, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 310–312 yes 1155
New Year’s Eve Meredith, George 1850-12-28 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 40, Page 325 yes 1156
The Chords of Love Harper 1850-12-28 Household Words Volume 2, Issue 40, Page 334–335 yes 1157