Pensees Du Pays Natal, De La Mer. (Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker

See Poem Hunter/ Robert Browning/ 62/147, for the English.
The scene is at sea, just between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, which has Spanish places which are rich in History for England and Spain.Cape Saint Vincent and Cadiz Bay are on the South-west peninsula of Spain and there is a red sunset. The ship is sailing eastward and the sailors see right in front of them Trafalgar, and in the dim distance to the North-east 'Gibraltar grand and grey'. All these Spanish places near the sea were where Lord Admiral Nelson, with 27 British ships, defeated the Franco-Spanish fleet of 33 ships at the Battle of Trafalgar by 21 October,1805. Nelson himself was shot and killed during the battle. I thought of this when I stood in Trafalgar Square in London long ago.
That is why the poet says that England helped him here and here (Cadiz and Trafalgar) so how can he help England in return? He feels patriotic. He can do something for England by praising and praying to God for creating such a magnificent vista on the sea, as Jupiter rises, silent, over Africa. This is a superb poem about the sea and places on the land: it is History that gives the scene and the poem such resonance.
As I read it, this is a better poem than 'Home-Thoughts from Abroad', by Browning. The text I used was from: 'Robert Browning's Poetry', edited by James F. Loucks, p.87.
Partisans of Spain would say that Gibraltar, which is physically in their country, should be Spanish again. Give Gibraltar back to Spain is a reasonable idea.