ItwouldbenodifficulttasktodevoteavolumelargerthanthepresentonetothedescriptiveanalysisofnonebutthepoemsinspiredbyItaly，Italianpersonagesandhistory，ItalianPainting，Sculpture，Architecture，andMusic。FromPorphyriaandherlovertoPompiliaandallthedirefulRomantragedywhereinsheisasamoonofbeautyaboveconflictingsavagetidesofpassion，whatanunparalleledgalleryofportraits，whatabrilliantphantasmagoria，whatamovementofintensestlife!
Itispleasanttoknowofoneofthem，“TheItalianinEngland“，thatBrowningwasproud，becauseMazzinitoldhimhehadreadthispoemtocertainofhisfellow-exilesinEnglandtoshowhowanEnglishmancouldsympathisewiththem。
AfterleavingRussiatheyoungpoetspenttherestofhis`Wanderjahr’
inItaly。AmongotherplaceshevisitedwasAsolo，thatwhitelittlehill-townoftheVeneto，whencehedrewhintsfor“Sordello“and“PippaPasses“，andwhitherhereturnedinthelastyearofhislife，aswithunconscioussignificancehehimselfsaid，“onhiswayhomeward。“
Inthesummerof1834，thatis，whenhewasinhistwenty-secondyear，hereturnedtoCamberwell。“Sordello“hehadinsomefashionbegun，buthadsetasideforapoemwhichoccupiedhimthroughouttheautumnof1834andwinterof1835，“Paracelsus“。Inthisperiod，also，hewrotesomeshortpoems，twoofthemofparticularsignificance。