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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Eve | Minshall | 1856-01-05 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 302, Page 539 | no | 1404 |
| Double Life | Duthie, William | 1856-01-12 | Household Words Volume 12, Issue 303, Page 563 | no | 1405 |
| Murmurs | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1856-01-19 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 304, Page 13 | no | 1406 |
| A Shadow of George Herbert | 1856-01-26 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 305, Page 37 | no | 1407 | |
| Lavater’s Warning | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1856-02-02 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 306, Page 61 | no | 1408 |
| Sorrow and My Heart | 1856-02-09 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 307, Page 84 | no | 1409 | |
| Drip, Drip, O Rain! | Chester, J. | 1856-02-23 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 309, Page 136 | no | 1410 |
| A Vision of Old Babylon | Ollier, Edmund | 1856-03-01 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 310, Page 157 | no | 1411 |
| The Holy Well | Parr, Harriet (pseudonym Holme Lee) |
1856-03-15 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 312, Page 204–205 | no | 1412 |
| Watch Cry. From a German Patois Song | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1856-03-22 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 313, Page 228 | no | 1413 |
| A Fable Versified | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1856-03-29 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 314, Page 251 | no | 1414 |
| A Remembrance of Autumn | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1856-04-12 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 316, Page 300 | no | 1415 |
| Too Late! | Parr, Harriet (pseudonym Holme Lee) |
1856-04-19 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 317, Page 326 | no | 1416 |
| The Love Test | Parr, Harriet (pseudonym Holme Lee) |
1856-05-03 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 319, Page 372–374 | no | 1417 |
| Dawn | 1856-05-10 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 320, Page 397 | no | 1418 | |
| Alice | Harris, John | 1856-05-17 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 321, Page 420 | no | 1419 |
| Sowing and Reaping | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1856-05-31 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 323, Page 470 | no | 1420 |
| Ocean | Harris, John | 1856-06-07 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 324, Page 493 | no | 1421 |
| The Chain | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1856-06-14 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 325, Page 516–517 | no | 1422 |
| Neighbour Nelly | Brough, Robert Barnabas | 1856-06-28 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 327, Page 564 | no | 1423 |
| The Grave in the Moorland | Parr, Harriet (pseudonym Holme Lee) |
1856-07-05 | Household Words Volume 13, Issue 328, Page 590 | no | 1424 |
| Rhine-Land | Meredith, George | 1856-07-19 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 330, Page 12–13 | no | 1425 |
| The Shadow of the Hand | Macready, Catherine Frances Birch | 1856-07-26 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 331, Page 38–39 | no | 1426 |
| Life and the Bird (See Bede’s Ecclesiastical History) | Ollier, Edmund | 1856-08-02 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 332, Page 62 | no | 1427 |
| Wishes | Bennett, William Cox | 1856-08-09 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 333, Page 85 | no | 1428 |
| Hawkswell Place | Parr, Harriet (pseudonym Holme Lee) |
1856-08-23 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 335, Page 130–133 | no | 1429 |
| The Angel of Love | Macready, Catherine Frances Birch | 1856-08-30 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 336, Page 156–157 | no | 1430 |
| My Journal | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1856-09-06 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 337, Page 180–181 | no | 1431 |
| Love of Beauty | Harris, John | 1856-09-20 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 339, Page 228–229 | no | 1432 |
| An Autumn Shadow | Parr, Harriet (pseudonym Holme Lee) |
1856-09-27 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 340, Page 252 | no | 1433 |
| A Wife’s Pardon | Power, Marguerite Agnes | 1856-10-04 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 341, Page 276 | yes | 1434 |
| The Burthen Lightened | 1856-10-11 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 342, Page 301 | no | 1435 | |
| The Faithful Mirror | Brough, Robert Barnabas | 1856-10-25 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 344, Page 348 | no | 1436 |
| Monmouth | Meredith, George | 1856-11-01 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 345, Page 372–373 | no | 1437 |
| Springs in the Desert | Macready, Catherine Frances Birch | 1856-11-08 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 346, Page 396–397 | no | 1438 |
| The Life-Shore | Parr, Harriet (pseudonym Holme Lee) |
1856-11-15 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 347, Page 421–422 | no | 1439 |
| Word Analogies | 1856-11-22 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 348, Page 445 | no | 1440 | |
| The Old Sailor’s Story | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1856-12-06 | Household Words Volume 14, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 25–27 | no | 12423 |
| Patient and Faithful | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1856-12-06 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 350, Page 493 | no | 1441 |
| The Better | Kennedy | 1856-12-20 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 352, Page 544 | no | 1442 |
| A Christmas Carol | 1856-12-27 | Household Words Volume 14, Issue 353, Page 565 | no | 1443 |