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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8)

Note B — "HAIL, ZARAGOZA! IF WITH UNWET EYE"

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The beginning is imitated from an Italian Sonnet.—W. W. 1815.

In 1837 Wordsworth put it thus, "In this Sonnet I am under some obligations to one of an Italian author, to which I cannot refer." But it is to be noted that in the edition of 1837, this note does not refer to the sonnet on Saragossa, but to that beginning "O, for a kindling touch from that pure flame," belonging to the year 1816. In subsequent editions the note is reappended to this sonnet beginning "Hail, Zaragoza!"—Ed.

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