Sentence:  Browning's poems of the love of man and woman are seldom a simple lyrical cry, but they are not on this account the less true in their presentment of that curious masquer and <WSD>disguiser</WSD>—Love. When love takes possession of a nature which is complex, affluents and tributaries from many and various faculties run into the main stream. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person who wears a disguise; an actor in a masque or masquerade; a masker.