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Home-Thoughts, from Abroad, April in England

Author: Robert Browning Year: 1845 Length: 251 characters Difficulty: demanding Public domain

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Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And who wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brush-wood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England—now!

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Robert Browning printed this poem in 1845 in Bells and Pomegranates, the cheap pamphlet series in which most of his early work appeared. He wrote it while travelling in Italy, which is why the title says abroad. The poem became one of the most quoted pictures of the English spring. Wikisource carries the 1845 printing.

About this text

Robert Browning printed this poem in 1845 in Bells and Pomegranates, the cheap pamphlet series in which most of his early work appeared. He wrote it while travelling in Italy, which is why the title says abroad. The poem became one of the most quoted pictures of the English spring. Wikisource carries the 1845 printing.

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Apostrophes and hyphens fall in almost every line, so this is a compact drill for the right hand.

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