{"id":472,"date":"2017-04-01T20:37:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T20:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/?p=472"},"modified":"2017-04-02T20:40:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T20:40:20","slug":"home-thoughts-from-abroad-robert-browning-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/home-thoughts-from-abroad-robert-browning-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Thoughts, From Abroad &#8211; Robert Browning (Poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 91 - 100 days of poetry<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Home Thoughts, From Abroad - Poem By Robert Browning by Rob Goll\" width=\"525\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F315740020&show_artwork=true&maxheight=788&maxwidth=525\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nOh, to be in England<br \/>\nNow that April's there,<br \/>\nAnd whoever wakes in England<br \/>\nSees, some morning, unaware,<br \/>\nThat the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf<br \/>\nRound the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,<br \/>\nWhile the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough<br \/>\nIn England - now!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And after April, when May follows,<br \/>\nAnd the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows!<br \/>\nHark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge<br \/>\nLeans to the field and scatters on the clover<br \/>\nBlossoms and dewdrops - at the bent spray's edge -<br \/>\nThat's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,<br \/>\nLest you should think he never could recapture<br \/>\nThe first fine careless rapture!<br \/>\nAnd though the fields look rough with hoary dew,<br \/>\nAll will be gay when noontide wakes anew<br \/>\nThe buttercups, the little children's dower<br \/>\n- Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robgoll.com%2Fcontent%2Faudio-recordings%2Fhome-thoughts-from-abroad-robert-browning-poem%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/home-thoughts-from-abroad-robert-browning-poem\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/home-thoughts-from-abroad-robert-browning-poem\/\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/home-thoughts-from-abroad-robert-browning-poem\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 91 &#8211; 100 days of poetry Oh, to be in England Now that April&#8217;s there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England &#8211; now! 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