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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song | 1869-01-02 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 2, Issue 53, Page 550 | no | 12196 | |
| “Only a Woman’s Hair” | 1869-01-02 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 2, Issue 53, Page 550 | no | 12197 | |
| Johnny Macraw | 1869-01-09 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 2, Issue 54, Page 580–581 | no | 12198 | |
| Mill Near Havant, Langston Harbour, Hants | 1869-01-16 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 55, Page 13 | no | 13682 | |
| “If it be but a dream or a vision” | Algernon Charles Swinburne (allonym) | 1869-01-16 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 55, Page 22 | no | 13683 |
| The Very Latest Edition of Robinson Crusoe. Published, with splendid illustrations, by A. Harris, Convent Garden Theatre | Bradley, Edward (pseudonym Cuthbert Bede) |
1869-02-06 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 58, Page 85–86 | no | 13684 |
| “Of the noted giant I am the name” | 1869-02-13 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 59, Page 110 | no | 13685 | |
| To a Young Man of the Period | A Practical Young Lady | 1869-02-20 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 60, Page 131 | no | 13686 |
| All Sides of the River | William Morris (allonym) | 1869-02-20 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 60, Page 132 | no | 13695 |
| The Victim of Hymen | 1869-03-06 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 62, Page 170–173 | no | 13696 | |
| Whalley’s Entertainment | 1869-03-13 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 63, Page 197 | no | 13697 | |
| Fair Melissa | 1869-03-20 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 64, Page 208 | no | 13698 | |
| April | 1869-03-27 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 65, Page 230 | no | 13700 | |
| The Two Deaths | 1869-03-27 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 65, Page 230 | no | 13699 | |
| “I will tell you the tale of a troublesome Bear” | 1869-04-17 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 68, Page 308 | no | 13701 | |
| The Blue Alcove | 1869-04-24 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 69, Page 327–328 | no | 13702 | |
| Strangers Now | 1869-05-01 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 70, Page 350–351 | no | 13703 | |
| A Girl’s a Girl for a’ That | 1869-05-01 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 70, Page 350–351 | no | 13704 | |
| Rich and Poor | 1869-05-15 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 72, Page 383–384 | no | 13705 | |
| “It appears that this season’s an equine affair” | 1869-05-15 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 72, Page 395 | no | 13706 | |
| Breaking It Gently. (From the German of Grün) | Alexander, Anton (pseudonym Anastasius Grün) |
1869-05-22 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 73, Page 415 | no | 13707 |
| A Riddle | 1869-05-29 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 74, Page 438 | no | 13708 | |
| Gone | 1869-06-05 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 75, Page 450 | no | 13709 | |
| “In jerkin short and nut-brown coat I live” | 1869-06-26 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 78, Page 528 | no | 13710 | |
| Forsaken | 1869-07-03 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 79, Page 547–548 | no | 13711 | |
| To a Coquette | 1869-07-10 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 3, Issue 80, Page 569 | no | 13712 | |
| Epigram. From the German | 1869-08-07 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 84, Page 8 | no | 13781 | |
| The Richest Prince. (From the German of Kerner) | Kerner, Justinus | 1869-08-07 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 84, Page 8 | no | 13782 |
| At Last! | 1869-08-14 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 85, Page 34 | no | 13783 | |
| Wood Notes | 1869-08-28 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 87, Page 78 | no | 13784 | |
| Lady, Awake! | Leighton, William | 1869-09-04 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 88, Page 100 | no | 13785 |
| Fawdoun | 1869-09-11 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 89, Page 122 | no | 13786 | |
| Winged Seeds. With an Illustration by the Author | Halse, George (pseudonym Rattlebrain) |
1869-09-18 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 90, Page 144 | no | 13787 |
| The Ripples’ Request | 1869-09-18 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 90, Page 151 | no | 13788 | |
| The Devil’s Rafter. A Legend of Appleby | 1869-09-25 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 91, Page 165 | no | 13789 | |
| The Fox and the Hare: A Lyric. From the Norwegian of Björnson | Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Martinius | 1869-10-02 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 92, Page 194 | no | 13790 |
| A Sonnet. Suggested by the “True Story of Lady Byron’s Life” | 1869-10-02 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 92, Page 196 | no | 13791 | |
| Edelweis | 1869-10-09 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 93, Page 219 | no | 13792 | |
| Haunted | 1869-10-16 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 94, Page 232 | no | 13793 | |
| The Initials | 1869-10-23 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 95, Page 255 | no | 13794 | |
| The Plighted Troth | 1869-10-30 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 96, Page 275 | no | 13795 | |
| Castlebar: A Holiday Gossip | 1869-11-13 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 98, Page 319–321 | no | 13797 | |
| Cymbeline | 1869-11-20 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 99, Page 342–343 | no | 13799 | |
| Angela | 1869-11-27 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 100, Page 365 | no | 13800 | |
| Rowing | 1869-12-04 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 101, Page 396 | no | 13801 | |
| A Life’s Lesson | 1869-12-06 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 97, Page 298 | no | 13796 | |
| Masterless | 1869-12-11 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 102, Page 408 | no | 13802 | |
| Chiming and Rhyming | 1869-12-11 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 102, Page 418 | no | 13803 | |
| The Legend of Pertinax Creech and Philbert Flip | E. J. M. (poet; Once a Week) | 1869-12-25 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 12–16 | no | 13811 |
| Lines on the Dead Year | Sawyer, William | 1869-12-25 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 28 | no | 13812 |
| Why Don’t I Marry Mary Anne? | Halse, George (pseudonym Rattlebrain) |
1869-12-25 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 53 | no | 13813 |
| Christmas Charades | 1869-12-25 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 59 | no | 13814 | |
| Sledding Stanzas | Geraldine (pseudonym) | 1869-12-25 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 78–79 | no | 13815 |
| Michael Scott | 1869-12-25 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, SpecialIssue Christmas issue, Page 95–96 | no | 13816 | |
| An Account of the Lord Mayor’s Show | Mary-Anne (pseudonym) | 1869-12-25 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 104, Page 447–448 | no | 13804 |
| Bertha | 1869-12-25 | Once a Week Series 3, Volume 4, Issue 104, Page 452–454 | no | 13805 |