'The Triad.' Sara Coleridge thus wrote of this poem: 'Look at "The Triad," written by Mr.Wordsworth four-or five-and-twenty years ago.

That poem contains a poetical glorification of Edith Southey (now W.), of Dora, and of myself.

There is _truth_ in the sketch of Dora, poetic truth, though such as none but a poet-father would have seen.

She was unique in her sweetness and goodness.

I mean that her character was most peculiar--a compound of vehemence of feeling and gentleness, sharpness and lovingness, which is not often seen' ('Memoirs and Letters of Sara Coleridge, edited by her Daughter,' 2 vols.