In 1853 he republished "Tamerton Church Tower", the more successful of his pieces from "Poems" of 1844, adding several new poems which showed distinct advance, both in conception and treatment; and in the following year (1854) the first part of his best-known poem, "The Angel in the House", appeared. "The Angel in the House" is a long narrative and lyric poem, with four sections composed over a period of years: "The Betrothed" and "The Espousals" (1856) which eulogize his first wife; followed by "Faithful For Ever" (1860); and "The Victories of Love" (1862). The four works were published together in 1863 and have come to symbolise the Victorian feminine ideal – which was not necessarily the ideal amongst feminists of the period.