His match if not his master absolute,

Though whether he spoiled fresco more or less,

And what 's its fortune, scarce repays your guess.

Still, for one circumstance, I save his name

—Francesco Romanelli: do the same!

He went to Rome and painted: there he knew

A wonder of a woman painting too—

For she, at least, was no Cortona's drudge:

Witness that ardent fancy-shape—I judge

A semblance of her soul—she called, "Desire"