More from Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton

  1. I wandered by the brookside, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still.
  2. 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.
  3. A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.
  4. Oh glory, that we wrestle So valiantly with Time!
  5. Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.
  6. Heaven was not Heaven if Phaon was not there.
  7. But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills.
  8. A poet's Mistress is a hallowed thing.

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