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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixty New Years’ Days Ago | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1858-01-02 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 406, Page 58–60 | no | 1474 |
| A Tree in the Street | Kent, Charles | 1858-01-23 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 409, Page 132–133 | no | 1475 |
| At Rest | Turner, G. | 1858-01-30 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 410, Page 156 | no | 1476 |
| A Woman’s Question | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1858-02-06 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 411, Page 179 | no | 1477 |
| Sleep | Harris, John | 1858-02-13 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 412, Page 205 | no | 1478 |
| Words | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1858-02-20 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 413, Page 227–228 | no | 1479 |
| Gone Away | Gibson, Mary W. A. | 1858-02-27 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 414, Page 251 | no | 1480 |
| Marion’s Orchard | 1858-03-06 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 415, Page 276–277 | no | 1481 | |
| Two Dark Days | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1858-03-27 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 418, Page 347–348 | no | 1482 |
| Poetry and Philosophy | Fitz-Gerald, Desmond G. | 1858-04-17 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 421, Page 420 | no | 1483 |
| Home and Rest | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1858-04-24 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 422, Page 445 | no | 1484 |
| Swallows | Turner, G. | 1858-05-01 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 423, Page 469 | no | 1485 |
| Familiar Words | Call, Wathen Mark Wilks | 1858-05-08 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 424, Page 493 | no | 1486 |
| Dust and Ashes | Gibson, Mary W. A. | 1858-06-05 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 428, Page 588–589 | no | 1487 |
| Water Music | Roberts | 1858-06-12 | Household Words Volume 17, Issue 429, Page 617–618 | no | 1488 |
| Three Scenes for the Study | Landor, Walter Savage | 1858-06-19 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 430, Page 12–13 | no | 1489 |
| The Lady’s Dream | Call, Wathen Mark Wilks | 1858-07-03 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 432, Page 60 | no | 1490 |
| The Last Devil’s Walk | Brough, Robert Barnabas | 1858-07-17 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 434, Page 109 | no | 1491 |
| Patience | Broderip, Frances Freeling (née Hood) | 1858-08-14 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 438, Page 204 | no | 1492 |
| Three Roses | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1858-08-21 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 439, Page 229 | no | 1493 |
| An Ideal | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1858-08-28 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 440, Page 252 | no | 1494 |
| Gone Forth | Holme, James Wilson | 1858-09-04 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 441, Page 227 | no | 1495 |
| Grave Voices | Ollier, Edmund | 1858-09-25 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 444, Page 346–347 | no | 1496 |
| Beyond | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1858-10-02 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 445, Page 372 | no | 1497 |
| Two Worlds | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1858-10-09 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 446, Page 397–398 | no | 1498 |
| Long Ago | Addey, Elizabeth | 1858-11-20 | Household Words Volume 18, Issue 452, Page 540–541 | no | 1499 |
| Behind the Scenes | Kent, Charles | 1858-12-04 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 454, Page 13 | no | 1500 |
| Three Evenings in the House | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1858-12-07 | Household Words Volume 18, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 23–26 | no | 1627 |
| Little Bell | Meredith, Louisa Anne | 1858-12-11 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 455, Page 35–38 | no | 1501 |
| Bathilda | Hervey, Eleanora Louisa | 1858-12-18 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 456, Page 62 | no | 1502 |
| The Schoolroom at Christmas Time | Parr, Harriet (pseudonym Holme Lee) |
1858-12-25 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 457, Page 84 | no | 1503 |