_Fano._ This poem was written in the summer of 1848 after a visit of
three days at Fano. It is addressed to Alfred Domett, one of Browning's
warm friends, who was at that time in New Zealand on the Wairoa River.
For a vivid description of him see Browning's "Waring." The picture at
Fano, the details of which are fully brought out in the poem, has been
reproduced in _Illustrations to Browning's Poems_, Part I, published by
the Browning Society. Mrs. Browning (_Letters_ i, 380) speaks of it as
"a divine picture of Guercino's worth going all that way to see."
6. _Another child for tending._ With a longing for guidance and
protection Browning imagines himself as a child under the guardianship
of the angel.
16. _Like that child._ The child in the picture looks into the heavens.
Browning would look only at the gracious face of the angel.