Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton Quotes

• But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills.
• Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.
• A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.
• I wandered by the brookside, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still.
• The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard.
• The hills of manhood wear a noble face When seen from far; The mist of light from which they take their grace Hides what they are.
• Oh glory, that we wrestle So valiantly with Time!
• Heaven was not Heaven if Phaon was not there.
• A poet's Mistress is a hallowed thing.
• Mohammed's truth lay in a holy Book, Christ's in a sacred Life.
• They who have steeped their souls in prayer Can every anguish calmly bear.
• Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving? Over the sea. Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving? All that love me!

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