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Culture Shock and Readjustment

April 28th, 2014 at 08:16 pm

We left 65 degree days and green trees and abundant flowers and are back to 40 degrees, greyness, and rain. No sign of BBC1 on my TV. Not in a good mood at all.

So here's some Robert Browning to increase my pouting.


HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD

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

5 Responses to “Culture Shock and Readjustment”

  1. Buendia Says:
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    You need Witopia! Wherever we go, at least we can watch the BBC iplayer... and Channel 4...
    Currently watching Orphan Black. And F is watching All Over the Place and Horrible Histories.

  2. My English Castle Says:
    1398730908

    Buenida: We do have ID Cloaker. (Don't tell!)

  3. creditcardfree Says:
    1398736187

    Good luck with the readjustment!

  4. Buendia Says:
    1398737563

    I'll have to look at ID Cloaker! (And I won't tell if you won't....)

  5. snafu Says:
    1398738496

    Welcome home. You'll enjoy the lower cost for petrol and groceries.

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