SOURCE: "Mrs. Norton's Poems," in The Dublin University Magazine, Vol. XVI, No. XCVI, December, 1840, pp. 637-40.

In the following essay, the unsigned reviewer praises the depth of emotion in Norton's work

We have read with much interest "The Dream," and other poems by the Honourable Mrs. Norton,—regarded as mere fanciful effusions, their tone of feeling, and elegant versification would be sufficient to recommend them, but considered as the outpourings of an affectionate and grieved spirit, they win from us much more than common approval, for they awaken an individual feeling for the author. Long before this volume appeared, "The Sorrows of Rosalie," "The Undying One," and other poems, had established Mrs. Norton's reputation as a poet, and secured a welcome for any production of hers which might follow; and we now venture to predict, that highly as her earlier productions have been esteemed, her last work will...