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 Legend of Herod Agrippa | Jackson, Blomfield | 1867-01-05 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 53, Page 21–22 | no | 12075 |
| New Years Day | Goddard, Julia | 1867-01-05 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 53, Page 28 | no | 12076 |
| Flath Innis. A Legend of Wales | Moultrie, Gerard | 1867-01-12 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 54, Page 34–35 | no | 12077 |
| “Sweet Home” | Cook, Eliza | 1867-01-12 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 54, Page 43–44 | no | 12078 |
| The Snow Queen | C. E. C. (poet; Once A Week) | 1867-01-19 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 55, Page 70–71 | no | 12079 |
| The Irish Mule-Driver | Lover, Samuel | 1867-01-26 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 56, Page 93–94 | no | 12080 |
| Snow-Flakes | Boger, Edmund | 1867-02-02 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 57, Page 118 | no | 12081 |
| The Legend of St. Katherine. (According to the “Golden Legend”) | Valentine, Laura (née Jewry) | 1867-02-02 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 57, Page 126–128 | no | 12082 |
| The Farm-House Near the Sea | T. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-02-02 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 57, Page 140 | no | 12083 |
| Sir Ralph de Blanc-Minster | Hawker, Robert Stephen | 1867-02-09 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 58, Page 167–168 | no | 12084 |
| A Journey to the Moon | Rankin, Jessica | 1867-02-16 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 59, Page 178–179 | no | 12085 |
| St Valentine’s Day | Goddard, Julia | 1867-02-16 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 59, Page 198 | no | 12086 |
| The Fairy Prince | Thornbury, George Walter | 1867-02-23 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 60, Page 210–211 | no | 12118 |
| The Mill-Stream | Hawcroft, Joseph Mowbray | 1867-02-23 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 60, Page 212–214 | no | 12119 |
| Token Flowers | J. V. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-02-23 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 60, Page 220–221 | no | 12120 |
| A Dream of Egypt | Goddard, Julia | 1867-03-02 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 61, Page 238–239 | no | 12121 |
| Cupid Crucified | Mew, James | 1867-03-02 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 61, Page 241–242 | no | 12122 |
| The Death-Wind | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1867-03-02 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 61, Page 258 | no | 12123 |
| A Hindoo Legend | Thornbury, George Walter | 1867-03-09 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 62, Page 273–274 | no | 12124 |
| Pygmalion | Mew, James | 1867-03-09 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 62, Page 283 | no | 12125 |
| The Lake. (After Lamartine) | de Lamartine, Alphonse | 1867-03-16 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 63, Page 302–304 | no | 12126 |
| St. Patrick’s Day | Lover, Samuel | 1867-03-16 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 63, Page 318 | no | 12127 |
| My Ladye Love | Cook, Eliza | 1867-03-23 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 64, Page 330 | no | 12128 |
| Falling Rain | H. R. W. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-03-23 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 64, Page 335–336 | no | 12129 |
| The Story of Three Hearts (From A. Petöfi) | Petőfi, Sándor | 1867-03-30 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 65, Page 360 | no | 12138 |
| Wanderers | Calverley, Charles Stuart | 1867-03-30 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 65, Page 363 | no | 12139 |
| “Consule Planco” | Thornbury, George Walter | 1867-03-30 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 65, Page 373–374 | no | 12140 |
| The Last Thaw | Watkins, Morgan George | 1867-04-06 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 66, Page 389–390 | no | 12141 |
| Nature | Devas, Martha Anne, A. D. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-04-06 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 66, Page 402–403 | no | 12142 |
| Hymn to Apollo. (From Callimachus) | Callimachus | 1867-04-06 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 66, Page 406–407 | no | 12143 |
| The Three Maidens. (From the German of Uhland) | Uhland, Johann Ludwig | 1867-04-13 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 67, Page 423–424 | no | 12144 |
| By the Greenwood | Bird, H. M. (pseudonym Jetta Vogel,“Jetty Vogel”) |
1867-04-13 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 67, Page 434 | no | 12145 |
| Green Things Growing | Craik, Dinah | 1867-04-20 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 68, Page 445 | no | 12146 |
| Lord Aythan | Williams, Charles H. | 1867-04-20 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 68, Page 453–454 | no | 12147 |
| Polyxena | C. C. C. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-04-20 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 68, Page 460–461 | no | 12148 |
| Hot Cross Buns.—(After Pope) | Goddard, Julia | 1867-04-20 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 68, Page 468 | no | 12149 |
| Boaz and Ruth. (After Victor Hugo) | Hugo, Victor | 1867-04-27 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 69, Page 480–481 | no | 12150 |
| Athens. From the German of Geibel | Geibel, Emmanuel | 1867-04-27 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 69, Page 495 | no | 12151 |
| May Morn at Magdalen College, Oxford | Watkins, Morgan George | 1867-05-04 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 70, Page 508–509 | no | 12152 |
| Spring Song. Proserpine | Goddard, Julia | 1867-05-04 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 70, Page 520–521 | no | 12153 |
| May Day | Goddard, Julia | 1867-05-04 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 70, Page 528 | no | 12154 |
| Cherry Blossom | J. C. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-05-11 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 71, Page 542–544 | no | 12155 |
| Sea Music | Thorold, Edmund | 1867-05-11 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 71, Page 552 | no | 12156 |
| Too Timid | A. N. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-05-18 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 72, Page 570 | no | 12157 |
| The Singer of the Sea. A Legend of the Orkneys | Hervey, Eleanora Louisa | 1867-05-25 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 73, Page 602–604 | no | 12158 |
| The Thunder Storm. From the German of Schwab | Schwab, Gustav | 1867-05-25 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 73, Page 611 | no | 12159 |
| Wishes | Hay, Mary Cecil | 1867-06-01 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 74, Page 632–633 | no | 12160 |
| June. Dreaming | Goddard, Julia | 1867-06-01 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 74, Page 648 | no | 12161 |
| The Bride of Rozelle. A Jersey Legend | Hervey, Eleanora Louisa | 1867-06-08 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 75, Page 662–664 | no | 12162 |
| Châtaux en Espagne. A Bachelor’s Reverie | Watkins, Morgan George | 1867-06-08 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 75, Page 674 | no | 12163 |
| The Misogynist’s Fate | B. W. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-06-15 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 76, Page 687 | no | 12164 |
| A Pastoral | Goddard, Julia | 1867-06-15 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 76, Page 692 | no | 12165 |
| My Own Miniature | Thornbury, George Walter | 1867-06-22 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 77, Page 729 | no | 12166 |
| The Iron Safe | Swayne, George Carless | 1867-06-22 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 77, Page 734–735 | no | 12167 |
| A Song in June | Goddard, Julia | 1867-06-29 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 78, Page 756–757 | no | 12168 |
| The Minstrel’s Song | Watkins, Morgan George | 1867-06-29 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 3, Issue 78, Page 761 | no | 12169 |
| Hungarian Song | Munby, Arthur J. | 1867-07-06 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 79, Page 6 | no | 13517 |
| On the Bar | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1867-07-06 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 79, Page 15 | no | 13518 |
| Il “Rè D’Italia” | 1867-07-06 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 79, Page 26 | no | 13519 | |
| Time and Beauty | Swayne, George Carless | 1867-07-13 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 80, Page 37–38 | no | 13520 |
| Fact and Intention | Lancaster, Charles S. | 1867-07-13 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 80, Page 42–43 | no | 13521 |
| Captain Walton’s Legacy | Potter, Frederick Scarlett (also Scarlet) | 1867-07-13 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 80, Page 52–53 | no | 13522 |
| Venus Pandemia | Mew, James | 1867-07-13 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 80, Page 60 | no | 13523 |
| Firmitas in Cœlo | G. T. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-07-20 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 81, Page 72–73 | no | 13524 |
| The Orphan | Swayne, Margaret Sarah | 1867-07-20 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 81, Page 87 | no | 13525 |
| St. Swithin. The Legend | Goddard, Julia | 1867-07-20 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 81, Page 90 | no | 13526 |
| Haymakers | Munby, Arthur J. | 1867-07-20 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 82, Page 105 | no | 13527 |
| Volunteer Drilling | 1867-07-27 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 82, Page 115 | no | 13528 | |
| From the Italian of Alessandro Pegolotti | Pegolotti, Alessandro | 1867-07-27 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 82, Page 120 | no | 13529 |
| The Child-Queen | Thornbury, George Walter | 1867-08-03 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 83, Page 134–136 | no | 13530 |
| Under the Trees | Goddard, Julia | 1867-08-03 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 83, Page 147–148 | no | 13531 |
| Thorer. A Norse Saga | 1867-08-10 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 84, Page 158–159 | no | 13532 | |
| The Unhappy Lover. (After Theocritus, Id. XXIII) | Theocritus | 1867-08-10 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 84, Page 173 | no | 13533 |
| “Whom I Loved the Best” | Pares, Anne (pseudonym Evelyn Forest) |
1867-08-17 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 85, Page 187 | no | 13534 |
| To the Faire “White Rose” | A. G. H. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-08-17 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 85, Page 202–203 | no | 13535 |
| A Sea-Side Wooing | Watkins, Morgan George | 1867-08-17 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 85, Page 207 | no | 13536 |
| August | Goddard, Julia | 1867-08-17 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 85, Page 210 | no | 13537 |
| My Marsh Farm | Watkins, Morgan George | 1867-08-24 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 86, Page 222–223 | no | 13538 |
| The Old Shepherd on His Pipe | Burnand, Francis Cowley | 1867-08-24 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 86, Page 225 | no | 13539 |
| The Downward Path. A Landscape of Rembrandt’s in the Uffizi, Florence | Lowe, Helen | 1867-08-24 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 86, Page 238–239 | no | 13540 |
| Evening-Tide | I. D. F. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-08-31 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 87, Page 255 | no | 13541 |
| The Indian Girl’s Lament. [After Victor Hugo] | Hugo, Victor | 1867-08-31 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 87, Page 270 | no | 13542 |
| From Victor Hugo. (Feuilles d’Automne) | Hugo, Victor | 1867-09-07 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 88, Page 285–286 | no | 13543 |
| A Poet’s Love. (From the German of Heinrich Heine) | Heine, Heinrich | 1867-09-07 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 88, Page 300 | no | 13544 |
| Heidelberg, August, 1867. (In Memoriam) | Goddard, Julia | 1867-09-14 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 89, Page 310–311 | no | 13545 |
| “Changing Toys” | I. D. F. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-09-14 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 89, Page 315 | no | 13546 |
| The Wife’s Dream | Betham-Edwards, Matilda | 1867-09-14 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 89, Page 321–322 | no | 13547 |
| King Autumn | Watkins, Morgan George | 1867-09-14 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 89, Page 330 | no | 13548 |
| Cassandra | Mew, James | 1867-09-21 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 90, Page 345–346 | no | 13549 |
| Cupid’s Revenge | W. T. G. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-09-28 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 91, Page 369 | no | 13550 |
| “If!” | A. G. H. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-09-28 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 91, Page 385 | no | 13551 |
| Michaelmas Day | Goddard, Julia | 1867-09-28 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 91, Page 390 | no | 13552 |
| Sea Ventures | Norris, Alfred | 1867-10-05 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 92, Page 398 | no | 13553 |
| “Making Hay While the Sun Shines” | Sheil, George | 1867-10-05 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 92, Page 404–405 | no | 13554 |
| Tears. [After Victor Hugo] | Hugo, Victor | 1867-10-05 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 92, Page 420 | no | 13555 |
| The Artist’s Dream of Death | Arnold, Edwin | 1867-10-12 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 93, Page 427–428 | no | 13556 |
| Omens | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1867-10-12 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 93, Page 450 | no | 13557 |
| At the Casement | Sheil, George | 1867-10-19 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 94, Page 464–465 | no | 13558 |
| Mountain Crosses | A. E. C. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-10-19 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 94, Page 468 | no | 13559 |
| The False Love | Cambridge, Ada | 1867-10-19 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 94, Page 475–477 | no | 13560 |
| “Nulla Potest Fidos Dissociare Dies” | K. S. B. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-10-26 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 95, Page 483–484 | no | 13561 |
| Margaret’s Dream. Margaret to William | C. S. G. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-10-26 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 95, Page 491–493 | no | 13562 |
| The Maid and the Fisher. From the German of Chamisso | von Chamisso, Adelbert | 1867-10-26 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 95, Page 503 | no | 13563 |
| All Hallow Eve | Goddard, Julia | 1867-10-26 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 95, Page 510 | no | 13564 |
| The Messenger Dove | Gidley, Lewis | 1867-11-02 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 96, Page 516 | no | 13565 |
| Glaucus and Scylla | Mew, James | 1867-11-02 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 96, Page 533 | no | 13566 |
| A New Alcestis | Betham-Edwards, Matilda | 1867-11-02 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 96, Page 540 | no | 13567 |
| A Fair Exchange | W. T. G. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-11-09 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 97, Page 546–547 | no | 13568 |
| My Country Church | Clarke, Henry Savile | 1867-11-09 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 97, Page 555–556 | no | 13569 |
| The Poet’s Bouquet. From the French of M. de Heussy | de Heussy, M. | 1867-11-09 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 97, Page 563 | no | 13570 |
| Guy Fawkes’ Day | Goddard, Julia | 1867-11-09 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 97, Page 570 | no | 13571 |
| Bacchus to Nicæa | Mew, James, J. M. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-11-16 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 98, Page 580 | no | 13572 |
| Lorelei. From the German of Heinrich Heine | Heine, Heinrich | 1867-11-16 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 98, Page 596 | no | 13573 |
| Rome. November 4th, 1867 | E. M. P. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-11-23 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 99, Page 605–606 | no | 13574 |
| The Strollers | Reece, Robert (Jr.) | 1867-11-23 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 99, Page 615–616 | no | 13575 |
| Amor Patiens | Phillips, S. | 1867-11-30 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 100, Page 636 | no | 13576 |
| Imma and Eginhart. From de Vigny | De Vigny, Alfred | 1867-11-30 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 100, Page 644–645 | no | 13577 |
| Lost and Found | Goddard, Julia | 1867-11-30 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 100, Page 656–657 | no | 13578 |
| Danaë | Swinburne, Algernon Charles | 1867-12-07 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 101, Page 672–673 | no | 13579 |
| The Message | C. H. (poet; Once a Week) | 1867-12-07 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 101, Page 685 | no | 13580 |
| Sir Launcelot’s Boast | Mills, Frederick S. | 1867-12-14 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 102, Page 700 | no | 13581 |
| The East Wind | Lawrence, Walter J. | 1867-12-14 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 102, Page 710 | no | 13582 |
| Legend of “The Hurlstane” | Aylmer, Isabella Eleanor (pseudonym I. D. Fenton) |
1867-12-21 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 103, Page 729 | no | 13583 |
| The Virgin Martyr. Suggested by the well-known picture by Paul Delaroche, in the international exhibition of 1862 | Evezard, Alice | 1867-12-21 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 103, Page 742 | no | 13584 |
| End of the Year | Munby, Arthur J. | 1867-12-28 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 104, Page 759 | no | 13585 |
| A Christmas Carol. “Gloria In Exelsis” | Goddard, Julia | 1867-12-28 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 104, Page 762 | no | 13586 |
| Christmas | Goddard, Julia | 1867-12-28 | Once a Week Series 2, Volume 4, Issue 104, Page 776 | no | 13587 |