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 Two Spirits | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-01-13 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 251, Page 516–517 | no | 1365 |
| The Cradle Song of the Poor | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-01-27 | Household Words Volume 10, Issue 253, Page 560–561 | no | 1366 |
| The Lesson of the War | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-02-03 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 254, Page 12 | no | 1367 |
| Aspiration and Duty | 1855-02-03 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 258, Page 108 | no | 1370 | |
| Banoolah | White, James | 1855-02-17 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 256, Page 57–62 | no | 1368 |
| Before Sebastopol | Tomkins, Mary Jane (Plarr) | 1855-02-24 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 257, Page 85 | no | 1369 |
| Passing Clouds | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-03-10 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 259, Page 132 | no | 1371 |
| One by One | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-03-17 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 260, Page 157 | no | 1372 |
| Spring Lights and Shadows | Miller, Thomas | 1855-03-24 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 261, Page 181–182 | no | 1373 |
| Honour | Patmore, Coventry | 1855-03-31 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 262, Page 204 | no | 1374 |
| The Unknown Grave | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-04-07 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 263, Page 226–227 | no | 1375 |
| A False Genius | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-04-14 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 264, Page 254 | no | 1376 |
| The Flowers’ Petition | Duthie, William | 1855-04-21 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 265, Page 278 | no | 1377 |
| Baby Beatrice | Garrow, Theodosia | 1855-04-28 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 266, Page 303–304 | no | 1378 |
| God’s Gifts | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-05-05 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 267, Page 319 | no | 1379 |
| A First Sorrow | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-05-19 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 269, Page 376 | no | 1380 |
| The Wind | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-06-02 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 271, Page 420 | no | 1381 |
| Strive, Wait, and Pray | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-06-09 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 272, Page 446 | no | 1382 |
| The First Death | Ollier, Edmund | 1855-06-16 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 273, Page 468–470 | no | 1383 |
| A Vision of Hours | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-06-30 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 275, Page 515–516 | no | 1384 |
| The Angel | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-07-07 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 276, Page 540 | no | 1385 |
| Time’s Cure | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-07-14 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 277, Page 565 | no | 1386 |
| A Poet’s Home | Blackmore, Richard D. (1825-1900) | 1855-07-28 | Household Words Volume 11, Issue 279, Page 609 | no | 1387 |
| The Masque of Life | Ollier, Edmund | 1855-08-04 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 280, Page 13–14 | no | 1388 |
| Judge Not | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-08-11 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 281, Page 36 | no | 1389 |
| Comfort | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-08-18 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 282, Page 60 | no | 1390 |
| The Invalid’s Mother. To the Sun, at Lisbon | Norton, Caroline | 1855-09-01 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 284, Page 108–109 | no | 1391 |
| Wishes | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-09-22 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 287, Page 180 | no | 1392 |
| Ghost-Music | Ollier, Edmund | 1855-09-29 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 288, Page 203–204 | no | 1393 |
| A Dream | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-10-06 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 289, Page 229 | no | 1394 |
| The Present | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-10-13 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 290, Page 252–253 | no | 1395 |
| A City Weed | Duthie, William | 1855-10-27 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 292, Page 301 | no | 1396 |
| Asleep | Sketchley, Richard Forster | 1855-11-10 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 294, Page 349 | no | 1397 |
| The Dark Side | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-11-17 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 295, Page 371–372 | no | 1398 |
| Work for Heaven | Townshend, Chauncy Hare | 1855-11-24 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 296, Page 396 | no | 1399 |
| Dew | Prince, John Critchley | 1855-12-08 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 298, Page 444 | no | 1400 |
| The Barmaid | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-12-15 | Household Words Volume 12, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 30–31 | yes | 1625 |
| The Two Interpreters | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-12-15 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 299, Page 469 | no | 1401 |
| An English Wife | 1855-12-22 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 300, Page 489–490 | no | 1402 | |
| The Tomb in Ghent | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1855-12-29 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 301, Page 515–517 | no | 1403 |