6/9 _THE RING AND THE BOOK_ 169 VII. THE LAST DECADE 220 PART II. THE POET 237 I.Divergent psychical tendencies of Browning--"romantic" temperament, "realist" senses--blending of their _donnees_ in his imaginative activity--shifting complexion of "finite" and "infinite" 237 II. His "realism." Plasticity, acuteness, and veracity of intellect and senses 239 III. |