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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avast There! | 1875-01-02 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 18, Page 248 | no | 13640 | |
| Dangerous | 1875-01-09 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 19, Page 261 | no | 13641 | |
| The Squeegee | 1875-01-09 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 19, Page 266 | no | 13642 | |
| There’s Nothing Like a Smoke. A Sailor’s Song | Bennett, William Cox | 1875-01-16 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 20, Page 274 | no | 13643 |
| Gravy | 1875-01-16 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 20, Page 277–278 | no | 13644 | |
| Riding to the Boyne | Thornbury, George Walter | 1875-01-30 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 22, Page 298 | no | 13645 |
| Mrs. Jones’s Lodger. A Legend of Southend | Coller, Edwin | 1875-01-30 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 22, Page 305–306 | no | 13646 |
| Oh, Peggy, If I Were Young! | Bennett, William Cox | 1875-02-06 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 23, Page 312 | no | 13647 |
| A Sea Song of the Time of Henry the Sixth | Thornbury, George Walter | 1875-02-06 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 23, Page 318 | no | 13648 |
| Owed to a Snaik | 1875-02-06 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 23, Page 322 | no | 13649 | |
| The Rose’s Promise | Thornbury, George Walter | 1875-02-13 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 24, Page 331 | no | 13650 |
| Song.—The Blackbeetle. After Tennyson | 1875-02-13 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 24, Page 333 | no | 13651 | |
| Down—Down | 1875-02-20 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 25, Page 341 | no | 13652 | |
| The Apparition | Bennett, William Cox | 1875-02-20 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 1, Issue 25, Page 347–348 | no | 13653 |
| “Time Brings Roses.” (German Proverb) | Thornbury, George Walter | 1875-03-06 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 27, Page 9 | no | 13730 |
| ”’Twas Never Merry World” | Thornbury, George Walter | 1875-03-13 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 28, Page 23 | no | 13731 |
| A Roman Drinking Song | 1875-03-20 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 29, Page 39 | no | 13732 | |
| An Oriental Comic Song | 1875-03-20 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 29, Page 41 | no | 13733 | |
| Seeking for Rest | 1875-03-27 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 30, Page 54 | no | 13734 | |
| A Tale of a Comic Song | 1875-04-03 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 31, Page 64 | no | 13735 | |
| In Essex | 1875-04-03 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 31, Page 69 | no | 13736 | |
| The Telescope Fish | 1875-04-17 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 33, Page 87 | no | 13737 | |
| Parted | 1875-05-08 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 36, Page 130 | no | 13738 | |
| Vive Bessemer | 1875-05-29 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 39, Page 172 | no | 13739 | |
| Carlos. In Memoriam | Hough, Lewis | 1875-07-17 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 46, Page 250 | no | 13740 |
| Hullaloo. A Parody | Linton, William James | 1875-07-24 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 47, Page 262 | no | 13741 |
| Israfiddlestrings. The angel Israfel, whose heartstrings are a fiddle.—A Poesque Poem | Linton, William James | 1875-07-31 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 48, Page 274 | no | 13742 |
| The English Ship, “Three Bells” | 1875-08-07 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 49, Page 286 | no | 13743 | |
| From the French | 1875-08-21 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 51, Page 315 | no | 13744 | |
| The Maiden of the Sea | 1875-08-28 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 2, Issue 52, Page 324 | no | 13745 | |
| Patsey and the Priest | G. M. F. (poet; Once a Week) | 1875-09-04 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 3, Issue 53, Page 11 | no | 13746 |
| A Punning Address | Byron, H. J. | 1875-09-18 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 3, Issue 55, Page 29–30 | no | 13747 |
| (From the French) | 1875-10-16 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 3, Issue 59, Page 77 | no | 13748 | |
| “Those people who most work us ill” | 1875-10-16 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 3, Issue 59, Page 83 | no | 13749 | |
| Far at Sea | 1875-12-25 | Once a Week Series 4, Volume 3, Issue 69, Page 199–200 | no | 13750 |