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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown William | 1862-01-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 132, Page 37–38 | no | 870 | |
| Mollie Charane | 1862-01-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 132, Page 38–39 | no | 11669 | |
| Schwerting of Saxony. (Translated from the German of Ebert) | Ebert, Karl Egon von | 1862-01-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 132, Page 42–43 | no | 871 |
| The Old Year | Münster, Mary C. F. | 1862-01-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 132, Page 56 | no | 872 |
| The Wood Echo. A Greek Legend | Thornbury, George Walter | 1862-01-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 133, Page 70–71 | no | 873 |
| The Castle by the Sea. (Freely Translated from the German of Uhland) | Uhland, Johann Ludwig | 1862-01-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 133, Page 84 | no | 874 |
| The Two Champions | Cholmondeley Pennell, Henry | 1862-01-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 134, Page 98–99 | no | 875 |
| “Taken from Life” | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1862-01-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 134, Page 112 | no | 876 |
| “The Battle of the Thirty.” A Breton Ballad | 1862-02-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 136, Page 155–156 | no | 877 | |
| The Old Chartist | Meredith, George | 1862-02-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 137, Page 182–184 | yes | 878 |
| The Fratricide. (Finnish) | Swinburne, Algernon Charles | 1862-02-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 138, Page 215–216 | no | 879 |
| Lady Barbara | Elton, Charles Isaac | 1862-02-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 138, Page 224 | no | 880 |
| The Child of Care. (From the German of Herder) | Herder, Johann Gottfried von | 1862-02-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 139, Page 236–237 | no | 881 |
| A Valentine | Lewis, John Delaware | 1862-02-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 139, Page 251–252 | no | 882 |
| “Little Wife” | Sketchley, Richard Forster | 1862-03-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 140, Page 266 | yes | 883 |
| The Three Goblets | Newton, John Joseph Cradock | 1862-03-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 141, Page 289 | no | 884 |
| Metempsychosis | Short, Paul | 1862-03-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 141, Page 294–295 | no | 885 |
| The King at the Gate | Thornbury, George Walter | 1862-03-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 142, Page 322–323 | no | 886 |
| The First Flowers | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1862-03-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 142, Page 336 | yes | 887 |
| Sir Tristem | Buchanan, Robert Williams | 1862-03-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 143, Page 348–350 | no | 888 |
| “Experientia Docet” | Brett, Cecil Winton | 1862-03-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 143, Page 364 | no | 889 |
| The Fairies. (Translated from the German of Heinrich Heine) | Heine, Heinrich | 1862-03-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 144, Page 378–379 | yes | 890 |
| A Legend of Carlisle: The Scottish Gate | Walcott, Mackenzie E. C. | 1862-04-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 145, Page 407–408 | yes | 891 |
| My Lady’s Farewell | Craik, Dinah | 1862-04-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 145, Page 420 | yes | 892 |
| The Wild Flowers of Spring | Crow, Louisa | 1862-04-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 147, Page 456 | no | 893 |
| The Dead Bride | Thornbury, George Walter | 1862-04-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 147, Page 461–462 | no | 894 |
| Looking Back | Fonblanque, Albany Jr. | 1862-04-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 148, Page 504 | no | 895 |
| Love v. Beauty. Verdict for the Plaintiff. | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1862-05-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 149, Page 532 | no | 896 |
| The Crusader’s Wife. (Literally Translated from the Breton) | 1862-05-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 150, Page 545–547 | no | 897 | |
| The Chase of the Siren. A Doric Legend | Thornbury, George Walter | 1862-05-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 153, Page 629–631 | no | 898 |
| Three Score and Ten | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1862-05-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 153, Page 644 | no | 899 |
| A Shadowed Life | Crow, Louisa | 1862-06-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 154, Page 667–668 | no | 900 |
| The Drowning of Kaer-Is. (Literally Translated from the Breton) | 1862-06-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 155, Page 686–688 | no | 901 | |
| Wife and I | Buchanan, Robert Williams | 1862-06-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 6, Issue 156, Page 723–724 | no | 902 |
| A Day-Dream on the Rhine | Thornbury, George Walter | 1862-06-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 157, Page 14 | no | 903 |
| The Caterpillar | Hills, Walter Alfred | 1862-06-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 157, Page 23 | no | 904 |
| Margaret Wilson | 1862-07-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 158, Page 42 | no | 905 | |
| Till Death | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1862-07-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 158, Page 52 | no | 906 |
| Am Schweitz | C. I. E. (poet; Once a Week), Eastlake, Charles Locke | 1862-07-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 159, Page 79 | no | 907 |
| Maid Avoraine | Buchanan, Robert Williams | 1862-07-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 160, Page 96–98 | no | 908 |
| “Parvuli” | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1862-07-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 161, Page 126 | no | 909 |
| “The echo of the wailing farther West” | Baty, Thomas Jack | 1862-07-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 161, Page 140 | no | 910 |
| Valkyrie and Raven | Hornklofi, Þórbjǫrn | 1862-08-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 162, Page 152–155 | no | 911 |
| Brief | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1862-08-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 163, Page 196 | no | 912 |
| The Morning Before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. August, 1572 | Thornbury, George Walter | 1862-08-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 164, Page 210–211 | no | 913 |
| The Parting of Ulysses; An Homeric Reminiscence | Watkins, Morgan George | 1862-08-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 165, Page 238 | no | 914 |
| Found Twenty Years After | À Beckett, Gilbert | 1862-08-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 166, Page 261 | no | 915 |
| The Death of King Warwolf. A Norse Legend | Thornbury, George Walter | 1862-08-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 166, Page 266 | no | 916 |
| Ave Cæsar! | Moule, Horace | 1862-09-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 167, Page 294 | yes | 917 |
| The Broken Vow | Montgomery, Bartholomew Sparrow | 1862-09-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 168, Page 321–322 | no | 918 |
| Delaroche’s Picture of Marie Antoinette | Phillips, Susan K. | 1862-09-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 169, Page 364 | no | 919 |
| Count Burkhardt | Layton, E. | 1862-09-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 170, Page 376–378 | no | 920 |
| The Mistake of the Loves | Bennett, William Cox | 1862-10-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 171, Page 420 | no | 921 |
| Heimkehr (the Return). From the German of Emmanuel Geibel | Geibel, Emmanuel | 1862-10-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 172, Page 434 | yes | 922 |
| King Harold’s Answer to Harlod Halfagar. (A Norseman’s Saga. Temp. Sept. 1066, A.D.) | 1862-10-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 173, Page 462 | no | 923 | |
| “Only” | Pearce, Maresco | 1862-10-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 174, Page 490 | no | 924 |
| Wein-Lied (A Wine-Song). From the German of Emmanuel Geibel | Geibel, Emmanuel | 1862-10-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 174, Page 504 | no | 925 |
| The Poet’s Home | Lover, Samuel | 1862-11-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 175, Page 518 | yes | 926 |
| In the Moonlight Long Ago. (Song, For Music) | Brotherton, Mary | 1862-11-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 175, Page 532 | no | 927 |
| The Spirit of the Vanished Island | Tindal, Henrietta Euphemia | 1862-11-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 176, Page 545–546 | no | 928 |
| Starralore | Richardson, Paul | 1862-11-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 177, Page 574 | no | 929 |
| The Boy Martyr. (Nero Imperator) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1862-11-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 178, Page 601–602 | no | 930 |
| My Little Picture | Fitzgerald, Geraldine | 1862-11-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 179, Page 630 | no | 931 |
| The Three Electors. (A Favourite Anecdote of Luther’s) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1862-11-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 179, Page 644 | no | 932 |
| The Death of Rachel | English, Elizabeth | 1862-12-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 180, Page 653 | no | 933 |
| Love Song | Brotherton, Mary | 1862-12-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 180, Page 655 | yes | 934 |
| The Parting of Ulysses | 1862-12-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 180, Page 658 | no | 935 | |
| The Lightsome Ladye | Major, Rosa | 1862-12-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 181, Page 695–696 | no | 936 |
| Help for Lancashire | Taylor, George R. | 1862-12-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 181, Page 700 | no | 937 |
| Limerick Bells | Moule, Horace | 1862-12-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 182, Page 709–710 | no | 938 |
| Al Fin de la Jornada | Mew, James | 1862-12-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 183, Page 28 | no | 455 |