春天来了，身居意大利的诗人触景生情，思念祖国——

Home Thoughts From Abroad

Robert Browning

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 white-throat 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!……

Robert Browning，1812-1889，英国诗人，剧作家，发展完善了戏剧独白诗(Dramatic monologue），对英美20世纪诗歌产生了重要影响。是维多利亚时代两大诗人之一，与丁尼生齐名。

Home Thoughts from Abroad by Robert Browning 海外思乡 罗伯特·白朗宁

Home Thoughts from Abroad by Robert Browning 海外思乡罗伯特·白朗宁