Oh to be in England.......

[Graham]

Bit of an idealistic post but always think of Robert Browning in April.

 

My long time friend a lonely English elm taken on April 1st.

 

 

 

Oh, to be in England

 

Now that April'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 - now!

 

 

 

 

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!

 

 

 

 

And though the fields look rough with hoary dew,

 

All will be gay when noontide wakes anew

 

The buttercups, the little children's dower, -

 

Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!

 

 

 

 

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

 

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[David Humphries]

Nice Graham.

 

Just need to add the cooing of a Wood Pidgeon for aural atmosphere

 

 

 

 

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[skyhuck]

To be born an English man, is to hold the wining ticket in the lottery of life!!!!

[Rod]

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if its a poetic remenising of england type of thing try these lyrics (sorry if it's a little modern)

[Graham]

 

 

 

if its a poetic remenising of england type of thing try these lyrics (sorry if it's a little modern)

 

 

Not just England but any country that you may be attached to or from. Got carried away and Browning always comes to mind in the Spring with a new awakening.

[David Humphries]

I take it that's the same magnificant specimen from your Classic Outline thread.

 

This shot finally does it justice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Rod]

liked the poem nice when the weather gets good isn't it

 

makes you feel all nice:001_smile:

[Graham]

I take it that's the same magnificant specimen from your Classic Outline thread.

 

This shot finally does it justice.

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Yes it is. Whenever I'm passing I make a little detour to see how it's doing. I'll post one in full leaf later... gods willing:001_smile:

[Gaynor]

I've only known the first 2 lines of that poem for years. It was quoted in an old Terry Thomas/Alistair Simm movie: 'School for Scoundrels'- a work of genius!

Thanks for showing me the rest...

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. I've never seen an Elm that I can remember

Edited April 2, 2009 by Gaynor

[Graham]

I've only known the first 2 lines of that poem for years. It was quoted in an old Terry Thomas/Alistair Simm movie: 'School for Scoundrels'- a work of genius!

Thanks for showing me the rest...

 

P.S. I've never seen an Elm that I can remember

 

Poem's called Home Thoughts from Abroad and the tree is in Staffordshire. Glad you like it.