Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Quotes
1809–1885 England
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (June 19, 1809 – August 11, 1885) was an English poet and politician.
Also known as: Richard Monckton Milnes, Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton, Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
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A man’s best things are nearest him,
Lie close about his feet.
But on and up, where Nature’s heart
Beats strong amid the hills.
I always thought a tinge of blue
Improved a charming woman's stocking.
Grand Thoughts that never can be wearied out,
Showing the unreality of Time.
They who have steeped their souls in prayer
Can every anguish calmly bear.
The virtue lies
In the struggle, not the prize.
Great thoughts, great feelings came to them,
Like instincts, unawares.
Mohammed’s truth lay in a holy Book,
Christ’s in a sacred Life.
Oh glory, that we wrestle
So valiantly with Time!
I wandered by the brookside,
I wandered by the mill;
I could not hear the brook flow,
The noisy wheel was still.
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.
But the beating of my own heart
Was all the sound I heard.
The beating of my own heart
Was all the sound I heard.
Heaven was not Heaven if Phaon was not there.
A poet’s Mistress is a hallowed thing.
Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving?
Over the sea.
Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving?
All that love me!
Youth, that pursuest with such eager pace
Thy even way,
Thou pantest on to win a mournful race:
Then stay! oh, stay!
Pause and luxuriate in thy sunny plain;
Loiter,—enjoy:
Once past, Thou never wilt come back again,
A second Boy.