My Last Duchess

• "That's my last Duchess painted on the wall"
• "Will't please you sit and look at her?"
• "But to myself they turned (since none puts by

  The curtain I have drawn for you, but I"
• "— Sir, 'twas not

  Her husband's presence only, called that spot

  Of joy into the Duchess' cheek; —"
• "A heart — how shall I say? — too soon made glad"
• "She thanked men — good! but thanked"

  Somehow — I know not how"
• "Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt,

  When'er I passed her; but who passed without

  Much the same smile?"
• "— I gave commands;

  Then all smiles stopped together."
• "Will't please you rise? We'll meet

  The company below, then ..."
• "Notice Neptune, though,

  Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity"