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 Bachelor’s Soliloquy | Lord, A. R. | 1865-01-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 289, Page 61–62 | no | 723 |
| “Followers Not Allowed” | 1865-01-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 289, Page 71–72 | no | 724 | |
| The Locket | H. A. D. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-01-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 289, Page 83–84 | no | 725 |
| Acontius and Cydippe | W. G. (poet; Once a Week), Green, W. | 1865-01-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 290, Page 99–100 | no | 726 |
| Memories | R. A. B. (poet; Once a Week), Benson, Ralph Augustus | 1865-01-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 290, Page 112 | no | 727 |
| Iliad Ω. 692, ad fin | Homer | 1865-01-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 291, Page 126–128 | no | 728 |
| My Noonday Dream | Parkes, W. Theodore | 1865-01-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 291, Page 140 | no | 729 |
| Soft Shineth the Moon | L. I. C. D. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-01-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 292, Page 154 | no | 730 |
| Macdhonuil’s Coronach | Black, William | 1865-01-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 292, Page 160–162 | no | 731 |
| “A Time for All Things” | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1865-01-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 292, Page 165 | no | 732 |
| Araucaria Imbricata | A. D. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-02-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 293, Page 173 | no | 733 |
| The Crest of King Pallinor | Williams, Charles H. | 1865-02-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 293, Page 178–179 | no | 734 |
| The Hermit’s Crown | Jemmett-Browne, Jemmett | 1865-02-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 293, Page 183–185 | no | 735 |
| “Le Toit S’Egaie et Rit.” (From Victor Hugo) | Hugo, Victor | 1865-02-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 294, Page 221–222 | no | 736 |
| Longo Intervallo | Munby, Arthur J. | 1865-02-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 295, Page 238 | no | 737 |
| The Story of Damon and Pythias. (From the German of Schiller) | Schiller, Friedrich | 1865-02-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 295, Page 251–252 | no | 738 |
| The Dance of Death | 1865-02-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 296, Page 267–268 | no | 739 | |
| Love’s Greetings. (After the German) | 1865-03-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 297, Page 292–293 | no | 740 | |
| “The Travellers.” (From the French of Victor Hugo) | Hugo, Victor | 1865-03-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 297, Page 294–295 | no | 741 |
| Hans Euler. (From the German of J. G. Seidl) | Seidl, Johann Gabriel | 1865-03-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 298, Page 322–323 | no | 742 |
| A Dorsetshire Legend | Thornbury, George Walter | 1865-03-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 298, Page 329–330 | no | 743 |
| Empedocles; A Legend of Mount Ætna | Thornbury, George Walter | 1865-03-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 299, Page 356–357 | no | 744 |
| Auto da Fé | Münster, Mary C. F., M. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-03-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 299, Page 361–362 | no | 745 |
| The Omens | T. S. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-03-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 300, Page 379–380 | no | 746 |
| “When My Ship Comes Home From Sea” | MacDonald, Alice | 1865-03-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 300, Page 392 | no | 747 |
| Ballad | W. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-04-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 302, Page 434 | no | 748 |
| A Relic | Mary Queen of Scots | 1865-04-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 302, Page 448 | no | 749 |
| Spring Thoughts | Watkins, Morgan George | 1865-04-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 303, Page 458 | no | 750 |
| The Old King Dying | Jackson, Blomfield | 1865-04-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 303, Page 463–464 | no | 751 |
| The Bird | H. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-04-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 303, Page 476 | no | 752 |
| Ivor Bach; Or, the Capture of Cardiff Castle | Williams, Charles H. | 1865-04-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 304, Page 502–504 | no | 753 |
| Anastasio | 1865-04-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 305, Page 513–514 | no | 754 | |
| Dido | 1865-04-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 305, Page 527–528 | no | 755 | |
| The Lay of Sir Arthur | J. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-05-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 306, Page 543 | no | 756 |
| A Cornish May Song | Boger, Edmund | 1865-05-06 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 306, Page 559–560 | no | 757 |
| Absence | Mincius (pseudonym) | 1865-05-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 308, Page 602 | no | 758 |
| Saint Dorothea | Münster, Mary C. F., M. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-05-20 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 308, Page 615–616 | no | 759 |
| Ellen O’Clair | Black, William | 1865-05-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 309, Page 642 | no | 760 |
| The Despairing One. From Murger | Murger, Henri | 1865-05-27 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 309, Page 644 | no | 761 |
| Auray | Black, William | 1865-06-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 310, Page 659–661 | no | 762 |
| An English Maiden’s Love | Eyre, Mary | 1865-06-03 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 310, Page 664–666 | no | 763 |
| Helvellyn | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1865-06-10 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 311, Page 686–687 | no | 764 |
| Elven | Black, William | 1865-06-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 312, Page 704–706 | no | 765 |
| Then and Now | H. D. W. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-06-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 312, Page 713 | no | 766 |
| Ares | Shaw, John Begg | 1865-06-17 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 12, Issue 312, Page 724 | no | 767 |
| Childe Gottfried | Crow, Louisa | 1865-06-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 313, Page 25–27 | no | 939 |
| Haunted | Stonehewer, Agnes | 1865-06-24 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 313, Page 28 | no | 940 |
| Arethusa and Alphéus | Cotterell, George | 1865-07-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 314, Page 42 | no | 941 |
| Moses Saved from the Waters. (From Victor Hugo) | Hugo, Victor | 1865-07-01 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 314, Page 54–56 | yes | 942 |
| “The Time Will Come” | Swayne, Margaret Sarah | 1865-07-08 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 315, Page 84 | no | 943 |
| The Fall of Castle Gardoval | Jackson, Blomfield | 1865-07-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 316, Page 85–86 | no | 944 |
| The Forsaken | Stonehewer, Agnes | 1865-07-15 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 316, Page 97–98 | no | 945 |
| The Palmer’s Tale | Münster, Mary C. F., M. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-07-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 317, Page 126 | yes | 946 |
| Lauretta. A Tale of the Moselle | Swayne, George Carless | 1865-07-22 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 317, Page 138–140 | no | 947 |
| The Legends of “St. Leonard’s Foreste” | G. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-07-29 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 318, Page 153–155 | no | 948 |
| Summer | W. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-08-05 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 319, Page 190 | no | 949 |
| Sir Arthur Young. An Historical Ballad | W. C. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-08-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 320, Page 207–208 | no | 950 |
| Our Consecrations | Law, Isabella | 1865-08-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 320, Page 216–217 | no | 951 |
| St. Roche’s Well | G. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-08-12 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 320, Page 220–221 | no | 952 |
| Waiting | Stonehewer, Agnes | 1865-08-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 321, Page 232 | no | 953 |
| Achilles | Cotterell, George | 1865-08-19 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 321, Page 238–240 | no | 954 |
| Question and Answer | Munby, Arthur J. | 1865-08-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 322, Page 274 | no | 955 |
| The Ivy Leaf | Stonehewer, Agnes | 1865-08-26 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 322, Page 280 | no | 956 |
| A Dream of the Hesperides | Cotterell, George | 1865-09-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 323, Page 287–288 | no | 957 |
| The Richest Prince. (From the German of Justinus Kerner) | Kerner, Justinus | 1865-09-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 323, Page 295 | no | 958 |
| A Wish. (From the German of Robert Reinick) | Reinick, Robert | 1865-09-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 323, Page 305 | no | 12052 |
| The Nun’s Burial | W. R. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-09-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 324, Page 318 | no | 959 |
| Kept Sacred | L. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-09-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 324, Page 336 | no | 960 |
| Ondine | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1865-09-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 325, Page 350–351 | no | 961 |
| Dinan | Black, William | 1865-09-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 325, Page 355–356 | no | 962 |
| Mary Ann | Munby, Arthur J. | 1865-09-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 326, Page 377 | yes | 963 |
| The Combat à l’Outrance | Thornbury, George Walter | 1865-09-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 326, Page 392 | yes | 964 |
| My Mother | Downes, Louisa June Campbell (pseudonym Vere Haldane) |
1865-09-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 327, Page 420 | yes | 965 |
| The Haconarmal. After the Icelandic by Evind Skaldaspiller, A.D. 963 | Skaldaspiller, Evind | 1865-10-07 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 328, Page 434–436 | no | 966 |
| Narcissus | Mew, James, J. M. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-10-14 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 329, Page 463–464 | no | 967 |
| Isidora | Bosanquet, Fabien | 1865-10-21 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 330, Page 485 | no | 968 |
| Lucy’s Garland | Munby, Arthur J. | 1865-10-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 331, Page 516 | no | 969 |
| The “Silent Land” | Caddell, Cecilia Mary, C. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-10-28 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 331, Page 532 | no | 970 |
| A Triad | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1865-11-04 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 332, Page 553 | no | 971 |
| The Mountain Spring. An Idyll | Calverley, Charles Stuart, C. S. C. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-11-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 333, Page 567 | no | 972 |
| Cithara. A Dream of Poesy | Atkinson, Richard | 1865-11-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 333, Page 574–576 | no | 973 |
| To Patty. (For an Album) | Bennett, William Cox | 1865-11-11 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 333, Page 588 | no | 974 |
| King Solyman and the Hoopoes | Pluma (pseudonym) | 1865-11-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 334, Page 602–605 | no | 975 |
| Head and Heart | J. R. C. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-11-18 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 334, Page 616 | no | 976 |
| First Love | W. M. G. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-11-25 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 335, Page 644 | no | 977 |
| The Answer | W. G. (poet; Once a Week), Green, W. | 1865-12-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 336, Page 652 | no | 978 |
| “In the Clouds” | Thornbury, George Walter | 1865-12-02 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 336, Page 668 | yes | 979 |
| “Weibertreuer.” “Woman’s Truth” | B. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-12-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 337, Page 680–681 | no | 980 |
| The Epitaph of Adonis. An Idyl | 1865-12-09 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 337, Page 686–688 | no | 981 | |
| Tega. (Translated from the Russian) | 1865-12-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 338, Page 707 | no | 982 | |
| Metamorphosis. (From the German of Robert Reinick) | Reinick, Robert | 1865-12-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 338, Page 710 | no | 983 |
| The Legend of the Lockharts | Thornbury, George Walter | 1865-12-16 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 338, Page 715–716 | no | 984 |
| Enigma | Caddell, Cecilia Mary, C. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-12-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 339, Page 732 | no | 985 |
| Christmas Bells. 1865 | Whiting, Sydney | 1865-12-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 339, Page 736–737 | no | 986 |
| The Pilgrimage to Kerlaar. (From the German of Heinrich Heine) | Heine, Heinrich | 1865-12-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 339, Page 741–743 | no | 987 |
| Ever Alone | 1865-12-23 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 339, Page 756 | no | 988 | |
| Leila and Hassan. (A Persian Legend) | E. E. W. (poet; Once a Week) | 1865-12-30 | Once a Week Series 1, Volume 13, Issue 340, Page 769–771 | no | 989 |