ThepoetryofBrowningeverywheresaysthis，andsaysitmoreemphaticallythanthatofanyotherpoetinourliterature。
Itsayseverywhere，thatnotthroughknowledge，notthroughasharpenedintellect，butthroughrepentance，inthedeepersensetowhichIhavejustalluded，throughconversion，throughwheelingintoanewcentreitsspiritualsystem，thesoulattainstosavingtruth。
Salvationwithhimmeansthatrevelationofthesoultoitself，thatawakening，quickening，actuating，attitude-adjusting，ofthesoul，whichsetsitgravitatingtowardtheDivine。
Browning’sideaofConversionis，perhaps，mostdistinctlyexpressedinapassageintheMonologueoftheCanonCaponsacchi，in`TheRingandtheBook’，whereinhesetsforththecircumstancesunderwhichhissoulwaswheeledintoanewcentre，afteralifeofdallianceandelegantfolly，andmadeawareof”themarvellousdowerofthelifeitwasgiftedandfilledwith”。Hehasbeentellingthejudges，beforewhomhehasbeensummoned，thestoryofthelettersforgedbyGuidotoentraphimandPompilia，andofhishavingseen”rightthroughthethingthattriedtopassfortruthandsolid，notanemptylie”。Theconclusionandtheresolvehecomesto，areexpressedinthesoliloquywhichherepeatstothejudges，ashavingutteredatthetime：”So，henotonlyforgedthewordsforherbutwordsforme，madelettershecalledmine：
whatIsent，heretained，gavetheseinplace，allbythemistressmessenger！AsIrecognizedher，atpotencyoftruth，soshe，bythecrystallinesoul，knewme，nevermistookthesigns。