Someflawtherewas，somewhere。Hisheart，sotosay，beattoofast，andthesinginginhisearsfromtheo’er-feveredbloodconfusedtheserenerhythmhauntingthefarperspectivesofthebrain，“asArabbirdsfloatsleepinginthewind。“
Ihavedweltatthislengthupon“Pauline“partlybecauseofitsinherentbeautyandautopsychicalsignificance，andpartlybecauseitistheleastfamiliarofBrowning’spoems，longovershadowedasithasbeenbyhisowntooseverestrictures：
mainly，however，becauseofitsradicalimportancetothestudentwhowouldarriveatabroadandtrueestimateofthepowerandscopeandshapingconstituentsofitsauthor’sgenius。Almosteveryqualityofhisafter-versemaybefoundhere，ingermoroutline。
Itis，inaword，morephysiognomicthananyothersinglepoembyBrowning，andsomusteverpossessapeculiarinterestquiteapartfromitsmanypassagesofhauntingbeauty。
Tothesetheloverofpoetrywillalwaysturnwithdelight。