Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Quotes

“Oh glory, that we wrestle
So valiantly with Time!”

“The beating of my own heart
Was all the sound I heard.”

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

“They who have steeped their souls in prayer
Can every anguish calmly bear.”

“Great thoughts, great feelings came to them,
Like instincts, unawares.”

“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 on and up, where Nature’s heart
Beats strong amid the hills.”

“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!”