[472] 1822.
1837.
In grace Earth's fairest Daughters they excel;
The text of 1840 returns to that of 1822.
[473] 1827.
1822.
Pure unmolested . . .
FOOTNOTE:
[HB] Amphitrite, herself a daughter of Nereus, was married to Posidon, and was therefore Queen of the Sea. The name Amphitrite is probably derived from the noise of waters pouring through the rifts of rocks, and there may be an allusion to this in the concluding lines of the sonnet.—Ed.