set it before us again in all its rich
vitality. It is well also as we read
to insist on seeing the picture as
well as the words. It is as easy to
see the bloodless duke before the
portrait of "My Last Duchess,"
in Browning's little masterpiece, to
take in all the accessories and carry
away with us a vivid and lasting im-
pression, as it is to follow with the
eye the succession of words. In
this way we possess the poem, and
make it serve the ends of culture.

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