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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Count of Vendel’s Daughter. From the Ancient Danish | 1863-01-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 184, Page 35–36 | no | 456 | |
| Endymion on Latmos | Smith, R. N. | 1863-01-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 184, Page 41–42 | no | 457 |
| Twilight Dreams | Crow, Louisa | 1863-01-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 186, Page 97–98 | no | 458 |
| Something Worth Having | Lover, Samuel | 1863-01-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 188, Page 148 | no | 459 |
| The Saturnalia | Thornbury, George Walter | 1863-01-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 188, Page 153–155 | no | 460 |
| The Ship of Mail. (From the German of Baron Littson) | Littson | 1863-02-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 189, Page 176–177 | no | 461 |
| Winter with the Gulf Stream | Hopkins, Gerard Manley | 1863-02-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 190, Page 210 | no | 462 |
| The Death of Winkelreid (Battle of Sempach, 9th July, 1386) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1863-02-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 190, Page 223–224 | no | 463 |
| Dawn in an Eastern Jungle. (Suggested by a Night-Journey in Ceylon) | Steele, Thomas | 1863-02-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 191, Page 238 | no | 464 |
| England’s Suttee | Cholmondeley Pennell, Henry | 1863-02-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 191, Page 251 | no | 465 |
| Charade | Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1863-02-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 192, Page 261 | no | 466 |
| One Way of Looking at It | Munby, Arthur J. | 1863-02-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 192, Page 275 | no | 467 |
| Pan Vinctus—Pan Victor | Thornbury, George Walter | 1863-03-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 193, Page 294 | no | 468 |
| The Light of Evening | Andrews, John | 1863-03-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 194, Page 316 | no | 469 |
| Seasonable Wooing | Crow, Louisa | 1863-03-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 194, Page 321–322 | no | 470 |
| Corporal Pietro Micca. (Time: Seige of Turin by the French, 1706) | Stevens, William B. B. | 1863-03-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 195, Page 363–364 | no | 471 |
| Nach Zehn Jahren (After Ten Years). From the German of Emmanuel Geibel | Geibel, Emmanuel | 1863-03-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 196, Page 378 | no | 472 |
| The Portrait | Pearce, Maresco | 1863-03-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 196, Page 385–386 | no | 473 |
| The Call | English, Elizabeth | 1863-04-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 197, Page 420 | no | 474 |
| From the French of Malherbe | Malherbe, François de | 1863-04-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 198, Page 428 | no | 475 |
| The March of Arthur. (From the Breton) | 1863-04-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 198, Page 433–434 | no | 476 | |
| Spring | Andrews, John | 1863-04-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 199, Page 462 | no | 477 |
| Ducie of the Dale | Munby, Arthur J. | 1863-04-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 199, Page 475–476 | no | 478 |
| The First Born Prince of Wales | Hawker, Robert Stephen | 1863-04-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 200, Page 484 | no | 479 |
| Damsel John | Hopkins, Manley | 1863-04-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 200, Page 488–490 | no | 480 |
| A Celibate Consoled. “Ex Fumo” | Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1863-05-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 201, Page 518 | no | 481 |
| Left on the Battlefield | Bolton, Sarah T. | 1863-05-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 201, Page 527 | no | 482 |
| Paddy O’Rafther | Lover, Samuel | 1863-05-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 202, Page 542 | no | 483 |
| The Bay of the Dead. An Armorican Legend | Watkins, Morgan George | 1863-05-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 202, Page 545–546 | no | 484 |
| Song | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1863-05-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 202, Page 557 | no | 485 |
| Answer to Charade in No. CXCII | Rookes, Sophia E., Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1863-05-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 203, Page 585 | no | 486 |
| Mawgan of Melluach. The Cornish Wrecker | Hawker, Robert Stephen | 1863-05-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 204, Page 601–602 | no | 487 |
| Baucis and Philemon. (A Legend of an English Workhouse) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1863-05-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 204, Page 610 | no | 488 |
| The Seasons | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1863-05-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 204, Page 616 | no | 489 |
| Egeria | Mew, James | 1863-05-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 205, Page 641 | no | 490 |
| The Linden Tree (Suggested by Schiller’s “Walk Under the Linden Trees”) | Schiller, Friedrich | 1863-05-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 205, Page 644 | no | 491 |
| Ballad of the Page and the King’s Daughter. (Translated from Giebel) | Geibel, Emmanuel | 1863-06-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 206, Page 656–658 | no | 492 |
| The Sisters | Mackay, George Eric | 1863-06-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 207, Page 686 | no | 493 |
| Tidings. (From the German of Grün) | Alexander, Anton (pseudonym Anastasius Grün) |
1863-06-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 207, Page 699–700 | no | 494 |
| Gifts | Hopkins, Manley | 1863-06-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 208, Page 712 | yes | 495 |
| The Lass of Aben-Hall | Mackay, George Eric | 1863-06-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 208, Page 718 | no | 496 |
| “Tempora Mutantur” | Beamish, A. M. | 1863-06-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 209, Page 14 | no | 497 |
| The Viking’s Serf | Thornbury, George Walter | 1863-07-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 210, Page 41–42 | no | 498 |
| My Confession | Taylor, George R. | 1863-07-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 211, Page 82–83 | no | 499 |
| An Ancient Russian Legend | Thornbury, George Walter | 1863-07-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 211, Page 84 | no | 500 |
| To the Alps | Bolton, Sarah T. | 1863-07-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 212, Page 93 | no | 501 |
| “Faint Heart Never Won Fair Ladye” | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1863-07-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 212, Page 97–98 | no | 502 |
| Doubts and Hopes | Swayne, George Carless | 1863-07-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 212, Page 112 | no | 503 |
| The Press-Gang. From the Chinese of Thou-Fou, a Popular Poet of the Eighth Century | Du Fu | 1863-07-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 213, Page 136 | no | 504 |
| Clytè | Thornbury, George Walter | 1863-08-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 214, Page 153–154 | no | 505 |
| “One in a Thousand” | T. D. (poet; Once a Week), Fitzgerald, Geraldine | 1863-08-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 215, Page 182 | no | 506 |
| “No Change!” | Broderick, Albert | 1863-08-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 216, Page 209–210 | no | 507 |
| A Thought on Man | Shaw, John Begg, J. B. S. (poet; Once a Week) | 1863-08-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 216, Page 224 | no | 508 |
| Under an Elm | Wightwick, George | 1863-08-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 217, Page 238 | no | 509 |
| To the Swallow | Andrews, John | 1863-08-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 217, Page 252 | no | 510 |
| My Home | Broderick, Albert | 1863-08-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 218, Page 265–266 | no | 511 |
| On the River | Crow, Louisa | 1863-09-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 219, Page 294 | no | 512 |
| The Fraülein’s Hair. An Episode of the Liberation War | Swayne, George Carless | 1863-09-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 219, Page 308 | no | 513 |
| A Modern Idyll | W. G. (poet; Once a Week), Green, W. | 1863-09-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 220, Page 321–322 | no | 514 |
| “Alone—Together” | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1863-09-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 220, Page 336 | no | 515 |
| The Gleaner’s Guide | Hervey, Eleanora Louisa | 1863-09-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 221, Page 350 | no | 516 |
| Sunlight at Evening | Pearson, Emma Maria | 1863-09-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 221, Page 364 | no | 521 |
| Nutting | Hopkins, Manley | 1863-09-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 222, Page 377–378 | no | 517 |
| Dionysius the Schoolmaster | Thornbury, George Walter | 1863-09-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 222, Page 392 | no | 518 |
| Heinrich Frauenlob | Swayne, George Carless | 1863-10-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 223, Page 393–394 | no | 519 |
| Stanzas Written in Dejection. From the Chinese of Li-Tai-Pè | Li-Tai-Pe | 1863-10-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 223, Page 406 | no | 520 |
| How Thor went to Fish for the Serpent Midgard. A Legend from the Norse Mythology | 1863-10-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 224, Page 430–431 | no | 522 | |
| “Two Lives” | Fitzgerald, Clare | 1863-10-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 224, Page 448 | no | 13881 |
| The Horse of the Desert. (From an Arabic Poem, Given in General Daumas’s “Chevaux du Sahara”) | Daumas, Melchior Joseph Eugène | 1863-10-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 225, Page 476 | no | 523 |
| An Autumn Birthday | Hopkins, Manley | 1863-10-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 226, Page 498–499 | yes | 524 |
| Hacho, the Dane; or the Bishop’s Ransom. (A Legend of Llandaff) | Williams, Charles H. | 1863-10-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 226, Page 502–504 | no | 525 |
| “My Emma and Cupid” | Walford, Edward (pseudonym Ralph de Peverel) |
1863-10-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 227, Page 513 | no | 526 |
| “The E’en Brings a’ Hame” | Fitzgerald, Geraldine | 1863-10-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 227, Page 532 | no | 527 |
| “Long Ago” | Brock, Lucy | 1863-11-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 228, Page 546 | no | 528 |
| “Time’s Answer” | Harnett, A. W. | 1863-11-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 228, Page 560 | no | 529 |
| “My Soul and I” | Goddard, Julia | 1863-11-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 229, Page 574 | no | 530 |
| The Witches’ Ride | Thornbury, George Walter | 1863-11-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 229, Page 586 | no | 531 |
| Handeck | Andrews, John | 1863-11-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 229, Page 588 | no | 532 |
| “A Retrospect” | Moule, Horace | 1863-11-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 230, Page 602 | no | 533 |
| Llewellyn’s Vengeance | Williams, Charles H. | 1863-11-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 230, Page 612–613 | no | 534 |
| “The Sirens” | Mew, James | 1863-11-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 230, Page 615–616 | no | 535 |
| “Burn This Letter as Soon as Read” | Hopkins, Manley | 1863-11-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 231, Page 630 | yes | 536 |
| “At Sempach” | Munby, Arthur J. | 1863-11-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 231, Page 644 | no | 537 |
| Rizpah, Daughter of Aiah. (Written for Music) | Doyle, Francis Hastings Charles | 1863-12-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 232, Page 658 | no | 538 |
| Broken Toys | Hopkins, Manley | 1863-12-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 232, Page 672 | yes | 539 |
| The Hail-Storm; Or, the Death of Bui. (Translated from the Ancient Norse) | 1863-12-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 233, Page 686 | no | 540 | |
| Confessions of a Captive. A Caution by a Confirmed Cynic | Steele, Thomas | 1863-12-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 234, Page 712 | no | 541 |
| “The Little Lovers” | Thompson, D. M. | 1863-12-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 9, Issue 234, Page 724 | no | 542 |
| Winter | Adams, Charles Warren | 1863-12-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 235, Page 7 | no | 547 |
| Legend of the Castle of Monctier | Bolton, Sarah T. | 1863-12-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 235, Page 14–15 | no | 548 |
| “Weep Thou No More!” | Mew, James | 1863-12-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 235, Page 28 | no | 549 |