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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Funeral Feast | Reece, Robert (Jr.) | 1864-01-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 236, Page 41–42 | no | 550 |
| John of Padua. (A Legend of Longleat) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-01-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 237, Page 71–72 | no | 551 |
| Green and Dry | Munby, Arthur J. | 1864-01-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 238, Page 90 | no | 552 |
| The Expiation of Charles V | Reece, Robert (Jr.) | 1864-01-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 238, Page 99–100 | no | 553 |
| Treasure-Trove | Andrews, John | 1864-01-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 238, Page 112 | no | 554 |
| Winter Memories | Mew, James | 1864-01-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 239, Page 124 | no | 555 |
| The Story of Sir Arnulph | Murray, George | 1864-01-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 239, Page 126 | no | 556 |
| The Lady of the Grange | Green, W. | 1864-01-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 240, Page 141–142 | no | 557 |
| Calypso | Watkins, Morgan George | 1864-02-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 241, Page 183–184 | no | 558 |
| Proserpine | Mew, James | 1864-02-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 243, Page 238–239 | no | 559 |
| Merlin and the White Death | Buchanan, Robert Williams | 1864-02-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 243, Page 251–252 | no | 560 |
| Valentine’s Day | Linton, William James | 1864-02-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 244, Page 261 | no | 561 |
| The Moon’s Wanderings. (From the German) | 1864-02-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 244, Page 267–268 | no | 562 | |
| The Widowed Queen of the Sandwich Islands | Synge, W. W. Follett | 1864-02-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 244, Page 280 | no | 563 |
| The Mermaid. (An Old Galloway Ballad Re-Written) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-03-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 245, Page 294–296 | no | 564 |
| Waiting for the Spring | Lawrence, Walter J. | 1864-03-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 245, Page 308 | no | 565 |
| Learnt by Heart | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1864-03-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 246, Page 318 | no | 566 |
| The Officer. (From Béranger) | Beranger, Pierre-Jean de | 1864-03-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 246, Page 322–323 | no | 567 |
| Sleep and Death | Harman, E. King | 1864-03-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 246, Page 336 | no | 568 |
| Hero | Mew, James | 1864-03-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 247, Page 349–350 | no | 569 |
| The Battle Painter | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-03-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 247, Page 364 | no | 570 |
| Turberville, and the Heiress of Coity | Williams, Charles H. | 1864-03-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 248, Page 376–378 | no | 571 |
| Twelve Months. (A Strophe and Antistrophe) | Swayne, George Carless | 1864-03-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 248, Page 392 | no | 572 |
| The Vizier’s Parrot | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-04-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 249, Page 405–406 | yes | 573 |
| A Legend of Northampton | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1864-04-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 250, Page 432–434 | no | 574 |
| In Memoriam. J. A. M. | Johns, Bennett George | 1864-04-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 250, Page 448 | no | 575 |
| “April” | Devas, Martha Anne | 1864-04-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 251, Page 456–457 | no | 576 |
| The Old Corporal. (From Béranger) | Beranger, Pierre-Jean de | 1864-04-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 251, Page 461–462 | no | 577 |
| The Seasons in Italy | Blagden, Isa | 1864-04-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 252, Page 482–483 | no | 579 |
| A Pastoral | Munby, Arthur J. | 1864-04-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 252, Page 489–490 | no | 578 |
| The Madonna Della Seggiola | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-04-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 253, Page 517–518 | no | 580 |
| May-Day Prayer | Richardson, Paul | 1864-04-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 253, Page 532 | no | 581 |
| The Stalking-Horse. In Three Fyttes | Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1864-05-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 254, Page 544–546 | no | 582 |
| My Double-Blossoming Cherry-Tree | Tindal, Henrietta Euphemia | 1864-05-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 254, Page 560 | no | 583 |
| Maïa | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1864-05-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 255, Page 564–565 | no | 584 |
| A’Beckett’s Troth | Buchanan, Robert Williams | 1864-05-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 255, Page 573–574 | no | 585 |
| “Confidence” | Holland, Richard George | 1864-05-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 255, Page 588 | no | 586 |
| The Romaunt of the Rose. (A Cornish Legend) | Watkins, Morgan George | 1864-05-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 256, Page 601–602 | no | 587 |
| T’Runawaa Lass. (In the Dialect of the North Riding) | Munby, Arthur J. | 1864-05-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 257, Page 629–630 | no | 588 |
| The Three Hunters. (From the German of Uhland) | Uhland, Johann Ludwig | 1864-05-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 257, Page 639 | no | 589 |
| “The Glove” | Beamish, A. M. | 1864-05-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 257, Page 644 | no | 590 |
| The Love-Cheat | Langford, John Alfred | 1864-06-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 258, Page 654 | no | 591 |
| Bacchus and the Water-Thieves | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-06-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 258, Page 657–658 | no | 592 |
| The Legend of Covenham Bridge | Crow, Louisa | 1864-06-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 258, Page 671–672 | no | 593 |
| The Carnival at Venice. (A. D. 1720) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-06-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 259, Page 685–686 | no | 594 |
| The Rueful Ride | Betham-Edwards, Matilda | 1864-06-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 260, Page 711–712 | no | 595 |
| The Earth to the Sea | Farrow, T. | 1864-06-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 10, Issue 260, Page 724 | no | 596 |
| The Legend of St. Gabriel’s | Waring, Eleanor Emma | 1864-06-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 261, Page 1–2 | no | 630 |
| Long Expected | Andrews, John | 1864-06-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 261, Page 11 | no | 631 |
| The Dirge of De Clare | Williams, Charles H. | 1864-07-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 262, Page 41–42 | no | 632 |
| A Declaration | Mew, James | 1864-07-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 262, Page 54 | no | 633 |
| The Bride of an Hour | Smith, Edward | 1864-07-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 263, Page 69–70 | no | 634 |
| Tintoret. (Scene, Venice: Time, The Plague Year) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-07-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 264, Page 97–98 | no | 635 |
| Evening | Mew, James | 1864-07-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 264, Page 112 | no | 636 |
| The Poor Woman. (From Béranger) | Beranger, Pierre-Jean de | 1864-07-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 265, Page 119 | no | 637 |
| The Hunt at Portskewitt | Williams, Charles H. | 1864-07-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 265, Page 125–126 | no | 638 |
| The King’s Daughter. (A Legend of Normandy) | Bosquet, Amelie | 1864-07-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 266, Page 153–154 | no | 639 |
| Clytie | Francillon, Robert Edward | 1864-07-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 266, Page 168 | no | 640 |
| Earl Pembroke’s Monument | Williams, Charles H. | 1864-08-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 267, Page 181–182 | no | 641 |
| Pictures | Brown, J. K. | 1864-08-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 267, Page 196 | no | 642 |
| Dame Eleanor’s Return | Jackson, Blomfield | 1864-08-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 268, Page 209–210 | no | 643 |
| “Behind the Scenes” | Leigh, Henry Sambrooke | 1864-08-13 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 268, Page 224 | no | 683 |
| The Loup-Garou. A Legend of Auvergne | de Wilde, George James | 1864-08-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 269, Page 228–229 | no | 684 |
| Harvest Memories | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1864-08-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 269, Page 237–238 | no | 685 |
| A Procession | Hopkins, Manley | 1864-08-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 269, Page 252 | no | 686 |
| Among the Reeds | Black, William | 1864-08-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 270, Page 266 | no | 687 |
| By the Sea | Fitzgerald, Clare | 1864-08-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 270, Page 280 | no | 688 |
| The Harp of Invermorn | Black, William | 1864-09-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 271, Page 293–294 | no | 689 |
| One Hour | Hawcroft, Joseph Mowbray | 1864-09-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 271, Page 308 | no | 690 |
| Among the Sheaves | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1864-09-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 272, Page 322 | no | 691 |
| Autumn Time | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-09-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 272, Page 336 | no | 692 |
| Sir Olaf. (From the German of Heinrich Heine) | Heine, Heinrich | 1864-09-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 273, Page 346–347 | no | 693 |
| Una, the Moon-Fay; Or, the Vision of Chastity | Buchanan, Robert Williams | 1864-09-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 274, Page 376–378 | no | 694 |
| Albert Durer | Black, William | 1864-09-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 274, Page 392 | no | 695 |
| Arethusa | Mew, James | 1864-10-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 275, Page 403 | no | 696 |
| The Legend of Saint Vitus | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-10-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 275, Page 405–406 | no | 697 |
| Lament of Anne Boleyn on the Eve of Execution | Thud, M. | 1864-10-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 276, Page 425 | no | 698 |
| Lost Syrinx (B.C. 100) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-10-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 276, Page 433–434 | no | 699 |
| Childe Roland. (From the German of Uhland) | Uhland, Johann Ludwig | 1864-10-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 277, Page 451–453 | no | 700 |
| “Slave or Free?” | Goddard, Julia | 1864-10-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 277, Page 476 | no | 701 |
| Ad Misericordiam | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1864-10-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 278, Page 504 | no | 702 |
| In the Beck | Hawcroft, Joseph Mowbray | 1864-10-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 279, Page 517–518 | no | 703 |
| “What Is My Love Like?” | Pye, R. H. | 1864-10-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 279, Page 532 | no | 704 |
| Earl Eirek’s Voyage. (A Norse Ballad) | Smith, W. Alexander | 1864-11-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 280, Page 545–546 | no | 705 |
| Rubens in the Cloister | Black, William | 1864-11-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 281, Page 573–575 | no | 706 |
| “Mrs. Smith” | Locker-Lampson, Frederick | 1864-11-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 282, Page 597 | no | 707 |
| The Cumæan Sibyl | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-11-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 282, Page 602–603 | no | 708 |
| The Whaler Fleet | Munby, Arthur J. | 1864-11-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 283, Page 638–639 | no | 709 |
| Eriphanis | Pember, Edward Henry | 1864-12-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 284, Page 659–662 | no | 710 |
| The Erl King’s Dying | Fitzgerald, Clare | 1864-12-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 284, Page 672 | no | 711 |
| “Bye-and-Bye” | Fitzgerald, Clare | 1864-12-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 285, Page 682 | no | 712 |
| A Fight at Sea | Stone, Samuel John | 1864-12-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 285, Page 687–688 | no | 713 |
| A Relic | Mary Queen of Scots | 1864-12-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 285, Page 700 | no | 714 |
| Earl Strongbow’s Beacon | Williams, Charles H. | 1864-12-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 286, Page 707–708 | no | 715 |
| Rosette. (From Béranger) | Beranger, Pierre-Jean de | 1864-12-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 286, Page 713–714 | no | 716 |
| Kitty | Taylor, George R. | 1864-12-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 11, Issue 286, Page 722 | no | 717 |
| The Towing Path | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1864-12-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 287, Page 13 | no | 718 |
| The River | Goddard, Julia | 1864-12-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 287, Page 15 | no | 719 |
| The Midnight Watch | Fitzgerald, Clare | 1864-12-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 287, Page 28 | no | 720 |
| Song of the Cress-Girl | Caddell, Cecilia Mary | 1864-12-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 288, Page 41–42 | no | 721 |
| “Over the Stones” | Thornbury, George Walter | 1864-12-31 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 288, Page 56 | no | 722 |