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).
| Poem title | Poet(s) | Date | Vol etc. | Transcribed? | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Burial of the Old Year | Siddons (Miss) | 1851-01-04 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 41, Page 348 | no | 1158 |
| A Winter Sermon | Harper | 1851-01-11 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 42, Page 372–373 | no | 1159 |
| Thomas Harlowe | Howitt, Mary | 1851-01-18 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 43, Page 397–400 | no | 1160 |
| Aspire! | 1851-01-25 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 44, Page 412–413 | no | 1161 | |
| The Church Poor-Box | Horne, Richard Hengist | 1851-01-25 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 44, Page 420 | no | 1162 |
| Mercy | Prince, John Critchley | 1851-02-01 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 45, Page 444–445 | no | 1163 |
| Peace and War | Jerrold, William Blanchard | 1851-02-01 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 45, Page 455 | no | 1164 |
| Wealthy and Wise | Morley, Henry | 1851-02-08 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 46, Page 469–470 | no | 1165 |
| The Forest Temple | Lawson, E. | 1851-02-08 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 46, Page 479 | no | 1277 |
| The Broken Chain | Greenwell, Dora | 1851-02-15 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 47, Page 484 | no | 1167 |
| Saint Valentine | Rogers, Mary Eliza | 1851-02-15 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 47, Page 493 | no | 1168 |
| A Christian Paynim. A Legend | Evelyn | 1851-02-22 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 48, Page 516 | no | 1169 |
| Likeness in Difference | Greenwell, Dora | 1851-02-22 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 48, Page 524 | no | 1170 |
| The Waste of War | Prince, John Critchley | 1851-03-01 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 49, Page 540 | no | 1171 |
| A World at Peace | Harper | 1851-03-08 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 50, Page 565–566 | no | 1172 |
| The Congress of Nations | Meredith, George | 1851-03-08 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 50, Page 572 | yes | 1173 |
| The Smithfield Bull to His Cousin of Nineveh | Horne, Richard Hengist | 1851-03-15 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 51, Page 589–590 | no | 1174 |
| The Mother’s Test | Tomkins, Mary Jane (Plarr) | 1851-03-22 | Household Words Volume 2, Issue 52, Page 612 | no | 1175 |
| A Vagrant’s Deathbed | Harper | 1851-03-29 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 53, Page 13 | no | 1176 |
| A Voice from the Factory | Prince, John Critchley | 1851-04-05 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 54, Page 35–36 | no | 1177 |
| The Grave of Faction | Harper | 1851-04-12 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 55, Page 60–61 | no | 1178 |
| Infancy and Age | Meredith, George | 1851-04-19 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 56, Page 85 | no | 1179 |
| Geraldine | Prince, John Critchley | 1851-04-26 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 57, Page 109 | no | 1180 |
| The Blast of War | Harper | 1851-05-03 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 58, Page 132 | no | 1181 |
| Work Away! | Greenwell, Dora | 1851-05-10 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 59, Page 155–156 | no | 1182 |
| The Legend of the Ladye’s Cross | Dutton | 1851-05-17 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 60, Page 181–182 | no | 1183 |
| Time | Meredith, George | 1851-05-21 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 61, Page 204 | no | 1191 |
| Precepts of Flowers | Procter, Bryan Waller (pseudonym Barry Cornwall) |
1851-05-31 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 62, Page 229 | no | 1192 |
| Answer | Horne, Richard Hengist | 1851-06-07 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 63, Page 252 | no | 12390 |
| The Good Great Man | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | 1851-06-07 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 63, Page 252 | no | 1193 |
| The Great Peace-Maker. A Sub-Marine Dialogue | Horne, Richard Hengist | 1851-06-14 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 64, Page 275–277 | no | 1194 |
| Knowledge and Ignorance | Harper | 1851-06-21 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 65, Page 301 | no | 1195 |
| The Brothers. A Tale of “Araby the Blest” | Ollier, Edmund | 1851-06-28 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 66, Page 324–325 | no | 1196 |
| The Warnings of the Past | Harper | 1851-06-28 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 66, Page 331–332 | no | 1197 |
| The Song of the Sabre | Harper | 1851-07-05 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 67, Page 348 | no | 1198 |
| The Claims of Labour | Harper | 1851-07-05 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 67, Page 356 | no | 1199 |
| The Use of Wealth | Harper | 1851-07-12 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 68, Page 372 | no | 1200 |
| Smiles | Harper | 1851-07-19 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 69, Page 396–397 | no | 1201 |
| The Price of Time | Prince, John Critchley | 1851-07-26 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 70, Page 421 | no | 1202 |
| A Word to Young Poets | Horne, Richard Hengist | 1851-07-26 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 70, Page 430 | no | 1203 |
| Arcadia | Horne, Richard Hengist | 1851-08-02 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 71, Page 445–446 | no | 1204 |
| Winter Violets | Tomkins, Mary Jane (Plarr) | 1851-08-09 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 72, Page 468 | no | 1205 |
| Never Despair | Blackwell, Anna | 1851-08-16 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 73, Page 491–492 | no | 1206 |
| The Water-Elf | Ollier, Edmund | 1851-08-23 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 74, Page 516 | no | 1207 |
| Change and the Changeless | Harper | 1851-08-30 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 75, Page 539 | no | 1208 |
| Shadows: The Shadows of Ellen and Mary | Knight, Charles | 1851-09-06 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 76, Page 564–565 | no | 1209 |
| Force and His Master | Meredith, George | 1851-09-13 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 77, Page 588–589 | no | 1210 |
| The Last Words of Summer | Harper | 1851-09-20 | Household Words Volume 3, Issue 78, Page 612 | no | 1211 |
| Uncultured Gifts | Harper | 1851-09-27 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 79, Page 12–13 | no | 1212 |
| The Gentleness of Death | Meredith, George | 1851-10-04 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 80, Page 37–38 | no | 1213 |
| The Law of Mercy | Harper | 1851-10-11 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 81, Page 60 | no | 1214 |
| A Sultan’s Warning | Ollier, Edmund | 1851-10-18 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 82, Page 85–87 | no | 1215 |
| A Word from the Cannon’s Mouth | Meredith, George | 1851-10-25 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 83, Page 109 | no | 1216 |
| Queen Zuleima | Meredith, George | 1851-11-01 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 84, Page 131–132 | no | 1217 |
| The Heart of England. (Suggested by seeing a venerable Oak in Warwickshire, which is supposed to occupy the exact centre of England) | Greenwell, Dora | 1851-11-08 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 85, Page 156 | no | 1218 |
| An Abiding Dream | Lovell, George (1826-1881) | 1851-11-15 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 86, Page 182–183 | no | 1219 |
| Britain | Meredith, George | 1851-11-22 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 87, Page 204 | no | 1220 |
| Sonnet. To Robert Browning; Suggested by a Sunset of Unusual Beauty | Talfourd, Thomas Noon | 1851-11-22 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 87, Page 213 | no | 1221 |
| Room in the World | Harper | 1851-11-29 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 88, Page 228–229 | no | 1222 |
| Sonnet. On Mr. Lough’s Statue of “Lady Macbeth” | Talfourd, Thomas Noon | 1851-11-29 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 88, Page 237 | no | 1223 |
| Familiar Things | Meredith, George | 1851-12-06 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 89, Page 254 | no | 1224 |
| A Child’s Prayer | 1851-12-13 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 90, Page 277 | no | 1225 | |
| An Idyl for Christmas In-Doors | Ollier, Edmund | 1851-12-20 | Household Words Volume 4, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 7–8 | no | 1547 |
| The Orphan’s Dream of Christmas | Macintosh, Eliza Anne (née Griffiths) | 1851-12-20 | Household Words Volume 4, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 16–17 | no | 1548 |
| The Round Game of the Christmas Bowl (The Rhyme) | Horne, Richard Hengist | 1851-12-20 | Household Words Volume 4, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 23–24 | no | 1549 |
| The Glastonbury Thorn | Meredith, George | 1851-12-20 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 91, Page 301–302 | no | 1226 |
| A Lesson of Hope | Harper | 1851-12-20 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 91, Page 305 | no | 1227 |
| The Voice of Cheer | Harper | 1851-12-27 | Household Words Volume 4, Issue 92, Page 324 | no | 1228 |