Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (June 19, 1809 – August 11, 1885) was an English poet and politician.

Quotes

• But on and up, where Nature’s heart
  Beats strong amid the hills.
  • Tragedy of the Lac de Gaube. Stanza 2.

• Great thoughts, great feelings came to them,
  Like instincts, unawares.
  • The Men of Old.

• A man’s best things are nearest him,
  Lie close about his feet.
  • The Men of Old.

• I wandered by the brookside,
  I wandered by the mill;
  I could not hear the brook flow,
  The noisy wheel was still.
  • The Brookside.

• The beating of my own heart
  Was all the sound I heard.
  • The Brookside.

• 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.
  • Carpe Diem.

• Oh glory, that we wrestle
  So valiantly with Time!
  • The Eld.

• Heaven was not Heaven if Phaon was not there.
  • A Dream of Sappho.

• A poet’s Mistress is a hallowed thing.
  • Tempe.

• Mohammed’s truth lay in a holy Book,
  Christ’s in a sacred Life.
  • Mohammedanism.

• They who have steeped their souls in prayer
  Can every anguish calmly bear.
  • The Sayings of Rabia. iv.

• Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving?
  Over the sea.
  Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving?
  All that love me!
  • A Child’s Song.