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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Fir-Trees. A Harvest Romance | Crow, Louisa | 1861-01-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 80, Page 43–44 | no | 424 |
| The Dying Heroes, From Uhland | Uhland, Johann Ludwig | 1861-01-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 81, Page 71–72 | no | 425 |
| New Year’s Eve | Munby, Arthur J. | 1861-01-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 81, Page 81 | no | 426 |
| Iphis and Anaxarete | Münster, Mary C. F. | 1861-01-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 82, Page 98–99 | no | 427 |
| Love’s Photograph | Fonblanque, Albany Jr. | 1861-01-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 82, Page 109 | yes | 428 |
| Thorr’s Hunt for his Hammer | 1861-01-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 83, Page 125–128 | no | 543 | |
| She Never Told Her Love | Shaw, John Begg | 1861-01-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 83, Page 137 | no | 429 |
| A Life Story | Mara (pseudonym) | 1861-02-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 84, Page 165 | no | 430 |
| Aux Bien-Amiées | Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1861-02-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 85, Page 193 | no | 431 |
| Confessions of St. Valentine | Rogers, Mary Eliza | 1861-02-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 86, Page 207–208 | no | 432 |
| Take Warning | N. J. (poet; Once a Week) | 1861-02-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 86, Page 216–217 | no | 433 |
| The Maiden Masque | Lover, Samuel | 1861-02-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 87, Page 236–240 | no | 434 |
| Fair Rosamond. A Fragment. | Bulwer-Lytton, Robert (pseudonym Owen Meredith) |
1861-03-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 89, Page 293–296 | no | 435 |
| Swift and the Mohawks | Thornbury, George Walter | 1861-03-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 90, Page 322–324 | no | 436 |
| An Old Man’s Musings | Righton, Henry | 1861-03-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 90, Page 327–328 | no | 437 |
| From the German of Uhland | Uhland, Johann Ludwig | 1861-03-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 91, Page 350 | no | 544 |
| The Beggar’s Soliloquy | Meredith, George | 1861-03-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 92, Page 378–379 | no | 545 |
| Effie Gordon | Montgomery, Bartholomew Sparrow | 1861-04-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 93, Page 406–407 | no | 439 |
| The Sailor’s Bride | James, Marian E. | 1861-04-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 94, Page 433–434 | no | 440 |
| King Olaf | Laurenson, Arthur | 1861-04-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 94, Page 445 | no | 441 |
| The Jester’s Passing Bell. A legend of the reign of Francis the First: during whose reign the “Black Death”—an infectious species of plague—ravaged both England and France | Thornbury, George Walter | 1861-04-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 95, Page 462–463 | no | 442 |
| An Hour with the Dead | Crow, Louisa | 1861-04-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 96, Page 491 | no | 443 |
| The Finishing Touch | Fonblanque, Albany Jr. | 1861-05-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 97, Page 529 | no | 444 |
| The Two Norse Kings. A Yorkshire Legend | Thornbury, George Walter | 1861-05-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 98, Page 547–548 | no | 546 |
| Shanklin | Munby, Arthur J. | 1861-05-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 98, Page 551–552 | no | 445 |
| The Dirge of Adonis. (From the Greek of Bion) | Bion of Smyrna | 1861-05-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 99, Page 582–583 | no | 446 |
| On Her Death-bed. A Lullaby | Munby, Arthur J. | 1861-05-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 100, Page 603 | no | 447 |
| June | Arnold, Edwin | 1861-06-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 101, Page 629–630 | no | 448 |
| Lyrical Lines | Cook, Eliza | 1861-06-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 101, Page 641 | yes | 449 |
| Confession | Synge, W. W. Follett | 1861-06-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 102, Page 669 | no | 450 |
| The Cavalier’s Escape | Thornbury, George Walter | 1861-06-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 103, Page 686–687 | no | 451 |
| Count Cavour. In Memoriam | Cholmondeley Pennell, Henry | 1861-06-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 104, Page 712–713 | no | 452 |
| In the Woods | Weir, Harrison | 1861-06-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 4, Issue 104, Page 721 | yes | 453 |
| Student’s Song | Valentine, F. | 1861-06-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 105, Page 28 | no | 833 |
| The Mill on the River Mole | Crow, Louisa | 1861-07-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 106, Page 42 | no | 834 |
| The Father of the Regiment. (An Old Grenadier’s Story of an Episode in the Retreat of Napoleon’s “Grande Armée” from Moscow) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1861-07-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 107, Page 70–72 | no | 835 |
| Shady Valley | Munby, Arthur J. | 1861-07-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 108, Page 91 | no | 836 |
| Our Secret Drawer | Law, Isabella | 1861-07-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 108, Page 98 | no | 837 |
| Souvenirs | Buchanan, Robert Williams | 1861-07-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 109, Page 125–126 | no | 838 |
| The Mill-Fiend | Munby, Arthur J. | 1861-08-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 110, Page 153–154 | no | 839 |
| A Ballad of the Five Rivers. (Sung by a Funjabee.) | Arnold, Edwin | 1861-08-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 110, Page 168 | no | 840 |
| Among the Deaths | Edwards, Annie | 1861-08-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 111, Page 188–189 | no | 841 |
| Tannhäuser | Duff-Gordon, Lucie | 1861-08-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 112, Page 210–212 | no | 842 |
| From my Window. Before Sunset | Whymper, Frederick Hayes | 1861-08-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 113, Page 237–238 | yes | 843 |
| Adalieta. (From Boccaccio) | Boccaccio | 1861-08-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 114, Page 263–267 | no | 844 |
| Guilbert Fitz-Richard. A.D. 1070. A Song of a Saxon Gleeman | Stevens, William B. B. | 1861-09-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 115, Page 297–298 | no | 845 |
| Compensation | Meredith, Louisa Anne | 1861-09-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 116, Page 329–330 | no | 846 |
| The Angel and The Infant. (From the French of Jean Reboullé, of Nismes) | Reboul, Jean | 1861-09-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 117, Page 350–351 | no | 847 |
| September the Third. (The Anniversary of Cromwell’s Death, of Dunbar, and Worcester.) | Moule, Horace | 1861-09-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 117, Page 356 | no | 848 |
| The Robber Saint. A Cornish Legend | Stackhouse, Jonathan Lett | 1861-09-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 118, Page 378–379 | no | 849 |
| Fairy Children | Addis, John | 1861-09-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 118, Page 382–383 | no | 850 |
| Civile Bellum | Shanly, Charles Dawson | 1861-10-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 119, Page 406 | no | 851 |
| Swing Song | 1861-10-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 120, Page 434–435 | no | 852 | |
| Not Yet | Williams, S. W. | 1861-10-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 120, Page 448 | no | 853 |
| By the Rosanna. To F. M. | Meredith, George | 1861-10-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 121, Page 460–462 | no | 854 |
| Richer than Ever. A Wife’s Story. | Crow, Louisa | 1861-10-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 121, Page 476 | no | 855 |
| The Three Statues of Ægina | Thornbury, George Walter | 1861-10-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 122, Page 491 | no | 856 |
| The Hostelry. 1700 | O’Donnell, John Francis | 1861-11-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 123, Page 517–518 | no | 857 |
| Twilight | Thornbury, George Walter | 1861-11-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 123, Page 532 | no | 858 |
| King Dyring. (Translated and Versified from the Prose of Emile Souvestre) | Goldie, G. | 1861-11-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 125, Page 574–576 | no | 859 |
| Phantasy | Meredith, George | 1861-11-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 126, Page 601–602 | no | 860 |
| Rosamond, Queen of the Lombards | Elton, Charles Isaac | 1861-11-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 127, Page 630–631 | no | 861 |
| Mark Bozzari. From the German of Wilhelm Müller | Müller, Wilhelm | 1861-12-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 128, Page 658–659 | no | 862 |
| Our Chase | Langford, John Alfred | 1861-12-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 128, Page 672 | no | 863 |
| The Patriot Engineer | Meredith, George | 1861-12-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 129, Page 685–687 | no | 864 |
| Fleurette. (From the French of Gustave Lemoine) | Lemoine, Gustave | 1861-12-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 129, Page 700 | no | 865 |
| Evander | Munby, Arthur J. | 1861-12-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 130, Page 713 | no | 866 |
| Dulce Domum | O’Donnell, John Francis | 1861-12-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 5, Issue 130, Page 724 | no | 867 |
| Dr. Johnson’s Penance | Thornbury, George Walter | 1861-12-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 131, Page 14–15 | no | 868 |
| The Hotel Garden | Edwards, Annie | 1861-12-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 131, Page 23–25 | no | 869 |