--- title: "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton Quotes" description: "Richard Monckton Milnes offers lyrical musings about nature, closeness, and spiritual truth. Read all 21 quotes on QuotesBy.net." image: "https://quotesby.net/wp-content/themes/quotesby-editorial/assets/og-default.png" --- ## Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton quotes 1. > But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills. [Permalink to quote \#1](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/1/ "Permalink to quote 1") 2. > Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares. [Permalink to quote \#2](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/2/ "Permalink to quote 2") 3. > A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet. [Permalink to quote \#3](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/3/ "Permalink to quote 3") 4. > I wandered by the brookside, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still. [Permalink to quote \#4](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/4/ "Permalink to quote 4") 5. > The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard. [Permalink to quote \#5](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/5/ "Permalink to quote 5") 6. > 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. [Permalink to quote \#6](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/6/ "Permalink to quote 6") 7. > Oh glory, that we wrestle So valiantly with Time! [Permalink to quote \#7](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/7/ "Permalink to quote 7") 8. > Heaven was not Heaven if Phaon was not there. [Permalink to quote \#8](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/8/ "Permalink to quote 8") 9. > A poet's Mistress is a hallowed thing. [Permalink to quote \#9](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/9/ "Permalink to quote 9") 10. > Mohammed's truth lay in a holy Book, Christ's in a sacred Life. [Permalink to quote \#10](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/10/ "Permalink to quote 10") 11. > They who have steeped their souls in prayer Can every anguish calmly bear. [Permalink to quote \#11](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/11/ "Permalink to quote 11") 12. > Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving? Over the sea. Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving? All that love me! [Permalink to quote \#12](https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton/12/ "Permalink to quote 12") ## Also attributed 1. > The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize. 2. > Grand Thoughts that never can be wearied out, Showing the unreality of Time. 3. > It's not the lack of ability or opportunity that holds you back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself. 4. > Love will always be the most powerful force. 5. > Can every anguish calmly bear. 6. > He who for love hath undergone The worst that can befall, Is happier thousandfold than one Who never loved at all. 7. > My exit is the result of too many entrees. 8. > He, who for Love has undergone The worst that can befall, Is happier thousand-fold than one, Who never loved at all. 9. > They who have steeped their soul in prayer can every anguish calmly bear. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "CollectionPage", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton Quotes", "url": "https://quotesby.net/Richard-Monckton-Milnes,-1st-Baron-Houghton-Houghton", "about": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" }, "hasPart": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wandered by the brookside, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh glory, that we wrestle So valiantly with Time!", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Heaven was not Heaven if Phaon was not there.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A poet's Mistress is a hallowed thing.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mohammed's truth lay in a holy Book, Christ's in a sacred Life.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They who have steeped their souls in prayer Can every anguish calmly bear.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving? 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