RMRichard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton)

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Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton)

Life dates: 1809 AD — 1885 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1847 AD

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

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02c. 1847 AD

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

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03c. 1847 AD

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

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04c. 1847 AD

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

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05c. 1847 AD

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

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