Richard Monckton Milnes

1809 - 1885

A Quote by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton) on lies

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A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.

Richard Monckton Milnes (1809 - 1885)

Source: The Men of Old.

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A Quote by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton)

Among the many things he has requested of me to-night, this is the principal,-that on his gravestone shall be this inscription.

Richard Monckton Milnes (1809 - 1885)

Source: Life, Letters, and Literary Remains of John Keats. Letter to Severn, vol. ii. p. 91.

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A Quote by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton) on heart and nature

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But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills.

Richard Monckton Milnes (1809 - 1885)

Source: Tragedy of the Lac de Gaube. Stanza 2.

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A Quote by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton) on feeling

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

Richard Monckton Milnes (1809 - 1885)

Source: The Men of Old.

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A Quote by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton)

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

Richard Monckton Milnes (1809 - 1885)

Source: The Brookside.

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A Quote by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton) on heart

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

Richard Monckton Milnes (1809 - 1885)

Source: The Brookside.

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