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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A New Mother | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1859-01-01 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 458, Page 105–107 | no | 1504 |
| New Year’s Eve | Ollier, Edmund | 1859-01-01 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 458, Page 119–120 | no | 1505 |
| Hidden Chords | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1859-01-08 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 459, Page 132 | no | 1506 |
| The Blooming Rose | Macintosh, Eliza Anne (née Griffiths) | 1859-01-15 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 460, Page 155–158 | no | 1507 |
| Calm | Duthie, William | 1859-01-29 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 462, Page 204–205 | no | 1508 |
| A Warning | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1859-03-05 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 467, Page 324–325 | no | 1509 |
| Envy | Procter, Adelaide Anne | 1859-03-12 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 468, Page 348 | no | 1510 |
| Haunted | Gibson, Mary W. A. | 1859-03-19 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 469, Page 373–374 | no | 1511 |
| An Old Story | Call, Wathen Mark Wilks | 1859-03-26 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 470, Page 394–396 | no | 1512 |
| Dreaming | Gibson, Mary W. A. | 1859-04-09 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 472, Page 444 | no | 1513 |
| Violets | Macintosh, Eliza Anne (née Griffiths) | 1859-04-16 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 473, Page 469 | no | 1514 |
| My Vision | Hall, Fanny | 1859-04-23 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 474, Page 491–492 | no | 1515 |
| All the Year Round | Macintosh, Eliza Anne (née Griffiths) | 1859-05-07 | Household Words Volume 19, Issue 476, Page 541 | yes | 1516 |