Launched by Bradbury and Evans, the publisher of Household Words, after their split with Dickens, Once a Week (1859-1880) was a weekly middle-class family magazine that prominently featured illustrations. Published in 5 series: First Series (1859-1865), Second Series (“New Series”) (1866-1867), Third Series (“new series”) (1868-1874), Fourth Series (1874-1879), Fifth series (1880).
| Poem title | Poet(s) | Date | Vol etc. | Transcribed? | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Once a Week | Brooks, Shirley | 1859-07-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 1–2 | no | 195 |
| Magenta | Taylor, Tom | 1859-07-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 10 | yes | 196 |
| The Song of Courtesy | Meredith, George | 1859-07-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 30 | no | 197 |
| Night and Morning | Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1859-07-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 36–37 | no | 198 |
| The Grandmother’s Apology | Tennyson, Alfred | 1859-07-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 3, Page 41–43 | yes | 199 |
| Sketching the Castle | S. B. (poet; Once a Week), Brooks, Shirley | 1859-07-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 3, Page 50 | yes | 200 |
| On the Water | Memor (pseudonym) | 1859-07-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 4, Page 70 | no | 201 |
| Eckart the Trusty. (From Goethe) | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | 1859-07-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 5, Page 89–90 | no | 202 |
| The Three Maidens | Meredith, George | 1859-07-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 5, Page 96 | no | 203 |
| Baron Jauïoz. (From the Breton) | 1859-08-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 6, Page 109–110 | no | 204 | |
| A Penny for Your Thought | Fuller, James Franklin | 1859-08-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 6, Page 120 | no | 205 |
| Retrospective | William, C. P. | 1859-08-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 7, Page 129–130 | no | 206 |
| The Round Tower at Jhansi.—June 8, 1857 | Rossetti, Christina G. | 1859-08-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 7, Page 140 | yes | 207 |
| The Belle of the Season | Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1859-08-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 8, Page 149–150 | no | 208 |
| Over the Hills | Meredith, George | 1859-08-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 8, Page 160 | no | 209 |
| Lament for Eros | Kortright, Frances Aikin | 1859-08-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 9, Page 170 | no | 210 |
| Ned Stokes’s Carol on Cottages | Stedman, John | 1859-08-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 9, Page 178–179 | no | 211 |
| The Last Words of Juggling Jerry | Meredith, George | 1859-09-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 10, Page 189–190 | no | 212 |
| Withered | Linwood, James Smart | 1859-09-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 11, Page 206 | no | 213 |
| The Fortune-Teller. A Seaport Ditty | Brotherton, Mary | 1859-09-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 11, Page 210 | no | 214 |
| Scarborough—1859 | Hole, Samuel Reynolds | 1859-09-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 12, Page 229–230 | no | 215 |
| Two Partings | Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1859-09-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 12, Page 235 | yes | 216 |
| Effie Campbell | Truman, Joseph | 1859-09-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 13, Page 247–248 | no | 217 |
| The King of Thule. From Goethe | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | 1859-09-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 13, Page 250 | yes | 218 |
| Hern Castle | King, Henry (1817-1888) | 1859-10-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 14, Page 263–264 | no | 220 |
| The Peiho, 1859 | Boger, Edmund | 1859-10-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 14, Page 272 | no | 219 |
| Mary. A Ballad | Pember, Edward Henry | 1859-10-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 14, Page 283–284 | no | 221 |
| Round the Hop-Bin | Freeman, E. D. | 1859-10-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 15, Page 294 | no | 222 |
| La Fille Bien Gardée. (An Intercepted Letter) | S. B. (poet; Once a Week), Brooks, Shirley | 1859-10-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 15, Page 305–306 | no | 223 |
| Reliques of the Lost | Boger, Edmund | 1859-10-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 16, Page 311–312 | no | 225 |
| The Plague of Elliant. (From the Breton) | 1859-10-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 16, Page 316 | no | 226 | |
| Shoreward | Cayley, George John | 1859-10-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 16, Page 328 | no | 227 |
| Bradmere Pool | Stewart, Louisa | 1859-10-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 17, Page 329–331 | no | 228 |
| The Song of the Survivor | Calvert, William | 1859-10-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 17, Page 350 | no | 229 |
| Black Monday | Fonblanque, Albany Jr. | 1859-10-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 18, Page 360 | no | 230 |
| In Memoriam. Isambard K. Brunel, Robert Stephenson, died September 15th, October 12th, 1859 | Taylor, George R. | 1859-10-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 18, Page 372 | no | 231 |
| Maude Clare | Rossetti, Christina G. | 1859-11-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 19, Page 381–382 | no | 232 |
| “Six of One and Half-a Dozen of the Other” | Roy, J. | 1859-11-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 19, Page 394 | no | 233 |
| Fairy May | Goodhart, C. W. | 1859-11-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 20, Page 404 | no | 234 |
| The Sprig of Lavender | Memor (pseudonym) | 1859-11-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 20, Page 416 | no | 235 |
| Footsteps of Day | Hill, Alsager Hay | 1859-11-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 21, Page 426 | no | 236 |
| Young Nimrod’s First Love. July | Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1859-11-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 21, Page 437–438 | no | 237 |
| The Lord of Nann and the Fairy. (From the Breton) | 1859-11-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 22, Page 447–448 | no | 238 | |
| Tamise Ripe | Leigh, Cholmeley A. | 1859-11-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 22, Page 459–460 | no | 239 |
| Autumn Even-Song | Meredith, George | 1859-12-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 23, Page 464 | yes | 240 |
| The Palimpsest | Hopkins, Manley | 1859-12-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 23, Page 469–470 | no | 241 |
| A Lost Love | Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1859-12-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 23, Page 482 | no | 242 |
| Bought and Sold | Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1859-12-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 24, Page 492–493 | no | 243 |
| Sad Words | Hopkins, Manley | 1859-12-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 24, Page 504 | yes | 244 |
| St. Bartholomew | Malet, Henry Charles Eden | 1859-12-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 25, Page 514 | no | 245 |
| The Shadow Kiss | Stedman, John | 1859-12-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 25, Page 526 | yes | 246 |
| The Mistletoe Bough; or, the Romance of the Rose | Rogers, Mary Eliza | 1859-12-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 1, Issue 26, Page 531 | no | 247 |
| The Crown of Love | Meredith, George | 1859-12-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 2, Issue 27, Page 10 | no | 248 |
| Sonnet | H. H. (poet; Once a Week) | 1859-12-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 2, Issue 27, Page 22 | no | 249 |