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 Brave Women of Tann | 1857-01-10 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 355, Page 35–36 | no | 1444 | |
| A Daisy on a Grave | Broderip, Frances Freeling (née Hood) | 1857-01-17 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 356, Page 60–61 | no | 1445 |
| Gone Before | Yates, Edmund Hodgson | 1857-01-24 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 357, Page 84–85 | no | 1446 |
| Memnon and His Mate | Holme, T. M. | 1857-01-31 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 358, Page 107–108 | no | 1447 |
| The Music of the Winds | Graham | 1857-02-14 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 360, Page 156 | no | 1448 |
| Winter | Chester, J. | 1857-02-21 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 361, Page 180–181 | no | 1449 |
| The Sighing Shade | Parr, Harriet (pseudonym Holme Lee) |
1857-02-28 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 362, Page 203–204 | no | 1450 |
| Song of an Exile | 1857-03-07 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 363, Page 227–228 | no | 1451 | |
| The Midnight Boat | O’Ryan, Owen | 1857-03-21 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 365, Page 275–276 | no | 1452 |
| Her Grave | O’Ryan, Owen | 1857-04-04 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 367, Page 325 | no | 1453 |
| The Summer-Land | Harris, John | 1857-04-18 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 369, Page 373 | no | 1454 |
| Pan | Ollier, Edmund | 1857-05-02 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 371, Page 419–420 | no | 1455 |
| The Lattice | Hall, Fanny | 1857-05-09 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 372, Page 445 | no | 1456 |
| Late in Spring | Macintosh, Eliza Anne (née Griffiths) | 1857-05-16 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 373, Page 467–468 | no | 1457 |
| Return | O’Ryan, Owen | 1857-05-23 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 374, Page 493–494 | no | 1458 |
| Weariness | Heraud, John Abraham | 1857-05-30 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 375, Page 515–516 | no | 1459 |
| Story of a Grave | Macintosh, Eliza Anne (née Griffiths) | 1857-06-13 | Household Words Volume 15, Issue 377, Page 565 | no | 1460 |
| The Dismal Pool | O’Ryan, Owen | 1857-07-04 | Household Words Volume 16, Issue 380, Page 12–13 | no | 1461 |
| Unopened Buds | Harris, John | 1857-07-11 | Household Words Volume 16, Issue 381, Page 36 | no | 1462 |
| A Dead Past | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1857-08-01 | Household Words Volume 16, Issue 384, Page 108–109 | no | 1463 |
| Autumn | O’Ryan, Owen | 1857-08-08 | Household Words Volume 16, Issue 385, Page 132 | no | 1464 |
| The Leaf | O’Ryan, Owen | 1857-09-05 | Household Words Volume 16, Issue 389, Page 227–228 | no | 1465 |
| Angela | O’Ryan, Owen | 1857-09-12 | Household Words Volume 16, Issue 390, Page 251–252 | no | 1466 |
| My Sister | Harding, Joseph | 1857-09-26 | Household Words Volume 16, Issue 392, Page 300 | no | 1468 |
| The Wand of Light | Osborn, Edward Haydon | 1857-10-24 | Household Words Volume 16, Issue 396, Page 397–398 | no | 1469 |
| The First Snow on the Fell | Payn, James | 1857-11-14 | Household Words Volume 16, Issue 399, Page 468 | no | 1470 |
| George Levison; or, The Schoolfellows | Allingham, William | 1857-12-12 | Household Words Volume 16, Issue 403, Page 562–564 | no | 1471 |
| A Christmas Phantasy | Ollier, Edmund | 1857-12-26 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 405, Page 35–36 | no | 1472 |
| The Elfin Charm | Macintosh, Eliza Anne (née Griffiths) | 1857-12-26 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 405, Page 40–44 | no | 1473 |