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Ofcourse，Browningisnotpersistentlyneglectfulofthisfundamentalnecessityfortheliteraryartist。Heisoftenasmasterlyinthisasinotherrespects。Butheisnotalways，notoftenenough，alivetotheparamountneed。Hewriteswith“theversebeingasthemooditpaints：“but，unfortunately，themoodisoftenpoeticallyunformative。Hehadnopassionforthequestforseductiveforms。Toomuchofhispoetryhasbeenbornprematurely。Toomuchofit，indeed，hasnotdiedandbeenbornagainforallimmortalverseisapoeticresurrection。
Perfectpoetryisthedeathlesspartofmortalbeauty。
Thegreatartistsneverperpetuategrossactualities，thoughtheyarethesupremerealists。ItisSchiller，Ithink，whosaysineffect，thattoliveagainintheserenebeautyofart，itisneedfulthatthingsshouldfirstdieinreality。
ThusBrowning’sdramaticmethod，even，issometimesdisastrousinitsuntruth，asinCaliban’sanalyticalreasoninganinitialabsurdity，asMr。Berdoehaspointedout，addingepigrammatically，`Calibanisasavage，withtheintrospectivepowersofaHamlet，andthetheologyofanevangelicalChurchman。’NotonlyCaliban，butseveralotherofBrowning’spersonages(Aprile，Eglamour，etc。)
arewhatGoethecalls`schwankendeGestalten’，mere“waveringimages“。
*Oneaccountsays`ChildeRoland’waswritteninthreedays；
another，thatitwascomposedinone。Browning’srapidityincompositionwasextraordinary。“TheReturnoftheDruses“waswritteninfivedays，anactaday；so，also，was“ABlotinthe’Scutcheon“。
Montaigne，inoneofhisessays，saysthattostopgracefullyissureproofofhighraceinahorse：certainlytostopintimeisimperativeuponthepoet。OfBrowningmaybesaidwhatPoewroteofanother，thathisgeniuswastooimpetuousfortheminutertechnicalitiesofthatelaborateART
soneedfulinthebuildingupofmonumentsforimmortality。
ButhasnotagreaterthanPoedeclaredthat“whatdistinguishestheartistfromtheamateuris`architectonike’inthehighestsense；
thatpowerofexecutionwhichcreates，forms，andconstitutes：
nottheprofoundnessofsinglethoughts，nottherichnessofimagery，nottheabundanceofillustration。“Assuredly，no“newdefinition“
canbeaneffectiveonewhichconflictswithGoethe’sincontrovertibledictum。
Butthismuchhavingbeenadmitted，IamonlytoowillingtoprotestagainsttheuncriticaloutcryagainstBrowning’smusicalincapacity。
Adeficiencyisnotincapacity，otherwiseColeridge，athishighestthemostperfectofourpoets，wouldbelowlyestimated。
“Bidshinewhatwould，dismissintotheshadeWhatshouldnotbeandtheretriumphstheparamountSurpriseo’themaster。“……
Browning’smusicisoftenerharmonicthanmelodic：andmusiciansknowhowthegeneralear，charmedwithimmediatelya
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