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Home-Thoughts, from Abroad, the wise thrush

Author: Robert Browning Year: 1845 Length: 360 characters Difficulty: demanding Public domain

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And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows— Hark! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops—at the bent spray's edge— That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture!

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A close view of the wagon in the river, with the cottage on the left and elms above, The Hay-Wain (detail), John Constable, 1821.
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This is the second part of Home-Thoughts, from Abroad, printed in 1845. The thrush that sings each song twice over is the line most often quoted from Browning's shorter poems. He married Elizabeth Barrett the following year and the pair settled in Florence. Wikisource carries the 1845 printing.

About this text

This is the second part of Home-Thoughts, from Abroad, printed in 1845. The thrush that sings each song twice over is the line most often quoted from Browning's shorter poems. He married Elizabeth Barrett the following year and the pair settled in Florence. Wikisource carries the 1845 printing.

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