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 Bells | Macintosh, Eliza Anne (née Griffiths) | 1854-01-07 | Household Words Volume 8, Issue 198, Page 445–446 | no | 1323 |
| One Spot of Green | Procter, Bryan Waller (pseudonym Barry Cornwall) |
1854-01-14 | Household Words Volume 8, Issue 199, Page 469 | no | 1324 |
| The Goblins of the Marsh. A Masque | Ollier, Edmund | 1854-01-21 | Household Words Volume 8, Issue 200, Page 491–492 | no | 1325 |
| The Lady Hertha | Oxenford, John | 1854-01-28 | Household Words Volume 8, Issue 201, Page 516–517 | no | 1326 |
| Motley | Meredith, George | 1854-02-04 | Household Words Volume 8, Issue 202, Page 539–540 | no | 1327 |
| Wishing. A Nursery Song | Allingham, William | 1854-02-11 | Household Words Volume 8, Issue 203, Page 564 | no | 1328 |
| The Prisoner | Cattermole, Richard | 1854-02-18 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 204, Page 8 | no | 1329 |
| Died in India | Perrott (Miss) | 1854-02-25 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 205, Page 33–34 | no | 1330 |
| Proserpina in the Shades | Ollier, Edmund | 1854-03-04 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 206, Page 56 | no | 1331 |
| The Voice of the Wind | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-03-11 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 207, Page 80–81 | no | 1332 |
| Home-Sickness | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-03-18 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 208, Page 104–105 | no | 1333 |
| The Robins | Macintosh, Eliza Anne (née Griffiths) | 1854-03-25 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 209, Page 128–129 | no | 1334 |
| Our Coachman | Allingham, William | 1854-04-01 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 210, Page 152 | no | 1335 |
| Sonnet in a Spring Grove | Allingham, William | 1854-04-08 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 211, Page 176 | no | 1336 |
| Gradation | 1854-04-15 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 212, Page 200–201 | no | 1337 | |
| At Thy Peril | Tomkins, Mary Jane (Plarr) | 1854-04-29 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 214, Page 248–249 | no | 1338 |
| Words upon the Waters | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-05-06 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 215, Page 272 | no | 1339 |
| Treasures | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-05-13 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 216, Page 297 | no | 1340 |
| A True Knight | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-05-20 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 217, Page 320–321 | no | 1341 |
| An Old Offender | Procter, Bryan Waller (pseudonym Barry Cornwall) |
1854-05-27 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 218, Page 344 | yes | 1342 |
| Invocation | Arnold, Edwin | 1854-06-03 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 219, Page 368 | no | 1343 |
| The Sailor. A Romaic Ballad | 1854-06-10 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 220, Page 393 | no | 1344 | |
| Exiled | Harris, John | 1854-06-24 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 222, Page 440–441 | no | 1345 |
| Progress | Wood | 1854-07-01 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 223, Page 464 | no | 1346 |
| Illusion | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-07-08 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 224, Page 487–488 | no | 1347 |
| Recollections | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-07-15 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 225, Page 513 | no | 1348 |
| Shining Stars | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-07-22 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 226, Page 536–537 | no | 1349 |
| Mary | Harris, John | 1854-07-29 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 227, Page 560–561 | no | 1350 |
| Mine Host | Arnold, Edwin | 1854-08-12 | Household Words Volume 9, Issue 229, Page 608 | no | 1351 |
| The Withered King | Ollier, Edmund | 1854-08-19 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 230, Page 12 | no | 1352 |
| Hidden Light | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-08-26 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 231, Page 37 | no | 1353 |
| The True Voice | Townshend, Chauncy Hare | 1854-09-09 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 233, Page 84–85 | no | 1354 |
| Remedy | Townshend, Chauncy Hare | 1854-09-23 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 235, Page 132–133 | no | 1355 |
| What May Be Ours | Farmer, Fanny | 1854-09-30 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 236, Page 156–157 | no | 1356 |
| Waiting | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-10-14 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 238, Page 204–205 | no | 1357 |
| My Picture | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-10-21 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 239, Page 228–229 | no | 1358 |
| The Moral of This Year | Smales | 1854-11-04 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 241, Page 276–277 | no | 1359 |
| A Vision | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-11-11 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 242, Page 300–301 | no | 1360 |
| Give | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-11-18 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 243, Page 324–325 | no | 1361 |
| I. “Here we are shadows—and our lives but dreams” | Osborne, Osborn, Edward Haydon | 1854-11-25 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 244, Page 348 | no | 1362 |
| II. “Formed of unknown immortal elements” | Osborne, Osborn, Edward Haydon | 1854-11-25 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 244, Page 348–349 | no | 12396 |
| The Third Poor Traveller | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-12-14 | Household Words Volume 10, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 16–19 | no | 1554 |
| The Seventh Poor Traveller | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1854-12-14 | Household Words Volume 10, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 34–35 | no | 1555 |
| The Wreck of “The Arctic” | Hervey, Thomas Kibble | 1854-12-16 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 247, Page 420–421 | no | 1363 |
| Walter Hurst | Ollier, Edmund | 1854-12-30 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 249, Page 466–469 | no | 1364 |