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The Poetical Works of (Richard Monckton Milnes) Lord Houghton

Collected ed.

Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes (1809-1885)

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POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.

TO A CHILD WITH BLACK EYES AND GOLDEN HAIR.

THE FLIGHT OF YOUTH.

ON LEAVING A PLACE WHERE ONE HAD DWELT MANY YEARS.

YOUTH'S FAIR RESOLVE.

THE LAY OF THE HUMBLE.

THE VIOLET-GIRL.

ON MY YOUTHFUL LETTERS.

FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE.

THE FRIENDSHIP-FLOWER.

FAIR-WEATHER FRIEND.

LONELY MATURITY.

PAST FRIENDSHIP.

THE MEMORY OF LOVE.

LOVE AND NATURE.

POETRY AND THE POET.

PARTED AND MET.

UNSPOKEN DIALOGUE.

ONE-SIDED TROTH.

A RECOLLECTION.

THE TREASURE-SHIP

THE VOICES OF HISTORY.

THE BARREN HILL.

THE CHRONICLE OF HOPES.

THE WORTH OF HOURS.

THE PALSY OF THE HEART.

THE WORLD TO THE SOUL.

THE MEN OF OLD.

THE COMBAT OF LIFE.

RETURNING DREAMS.

THE MARVEL OF LIFE.

THE EXHAUSTION OF LIFE.

THE SOLITUDE OF LIFE.

THE WEARY SOUL.

THE MARTYRS OF THE MIND.

THE CURSE OF LIFE.

REQUIESCAT IN PACE.

THE POETRY OF THE PEOPLE.

NARRATIVE POEMS.

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[The heart that Passion never fired]

The heart that Passion never fired,
Of other's Love can nothing tell—
How can I teach you what's inspired,
Unless you are inspired as well?