An Angel, and in earthly ecstasies
Her own angelic glory seems begun.
[169] The late Archdeacon of Dublin, author of Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, etc. He gives the date of the composition of the poem as 1837.—Ed.
1838
In 1838 Wordsworth wrote ten sonnets. These were published (along with the one suggested by Mrs. Southey) for the first time in the volume of collected Sonnets, several being inserted out of their intended place, while the book was passing through the press.
The Protest against the Ballot, which appeared in 1838, was never republished.—Ed.
TO THE PLANET VENUS
Upon its Approximation (as an Evening Star) to the Earth, January 1838
Composed 1838.—Published 1838[170]