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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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MEMORIALS OF TRAVELS IN GREECE

A DREAM OF SAPPHO.

THE RETURN OF ULYSSES.

A VISION OF THE ARGONAUTS.

THE SPARTANS AT THERMOPYLÆ.

THE CONCENTRATION OF ATHENS.

PELASGIAN AND CYCLOPEAN WALLS.

WRITTEN AT MYCENÆ.

GRECIAN SUNSET.

A GRECIAN THUNDER-STORM.

ON RETURNING TO GREECE IN 1842.

THE TOMB OF LAIUS.

THE FLOWERS OF HELICON.

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MEMORIALS OF TRAVELS IN ITALY.

AN ITALIAN TO ITALY.

WRITTEN IN PETRARCH'S HOUSE AT ARQUA,

FEELINGS EXCITED BY SOME MILITARY MANŒUVRES AT VERONA.

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MEDITATIVE FRAGMENTS, ON VENICE.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

THE VENETIAN SERENADE.

A DREAM IN A GONDOLA.

ON THE MAD-HOUSE AT VENICE.

TO THE MOON OF THE SOUTH.

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PICTURES IN VERSE.

I.

I. PICTURE BY GIOV. BELLINI, IN THE CHURCH OF THE REDENTORE AT VENICE.

II.

II. THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. CHRISTINA,

III.

III. JESUS AND JOHN CONTENDING FOR THE CROSS.

IV.

IV. CHRIST'S DESCENT INTO PURGATORY.

SIR WALTER SCOTT AT THE TOMB OF THE STUARTS IN ST. PETER'S.

THE ILLUMINATIONS OF ST. PETER'S.

ON THE MARRIAGE OF THE LADY GWENDOLIN TALBOT WITH THE ELDEST SON OF THE PRINCE BORGHESE.

ON THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS BORGHESE,

ON A SCENE IN TUSCANY.

AN INCIDENT AT PISA.

NAPLES AND VENICE.

ON LEAVING ITALY,

SWITZERLAND AND ITALY.

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THE GREEK AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

THE TURK AT CONSTANTINOPLE TO THE FRANK.

THE SONG OF THE WAHABEES.

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ARABIAN LEGENDS.

I.

I. THE PRIDE OF NIMROD.

II.

II. ABRAHAM AND HIS GODS.

III.

III. MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI.

IV.

IV. SOLOMON AND THE ANTS.

V.

V. FALLING STARS.

VI.

VI. THE INFANCY OF MOHAMMED.

VII.

VII. MOHAMMED AND THE MISER.

VIII.

VIII. MOHAMMED AND THE BLIND ABDALLAH.

IX.

IX. MOHAMMED AND THE ASSASSIN.

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EASTERN THOUGHTS

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I.

I. THE THINKER AND THE POET.

II.

II. THE EASTERN EPICUREAN.

III.

IV.

IV. PHYSICAL AND MORAL BLINDNESS.

V.

V. DISCORDANT ELEMENTS.

VI.

VI. THE TWO THEOLOGIES.

VII.

VII. LOSS AND GAIN.

VIII.

VIII. THE MOTH.

IX.

IX. THE SAYINGS OF RABIA.

X.

X. PLEASURE AND PAIN.

XI.

XI. THE PEACE OF GOD.

XII.

XII. CHRISTIAN ENDURANCE.

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THE PERSIAN'S STORY.

THE SYRIAN'S STORY.

THE EGYPTIAN'S STORY

THE BURDEN OF EGYPT.

A TRAVELLER'S IMPRESSION ON THE NILE.

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THE RIVER TRAUN.

TO AN ENGLISH LADY,

ON THE CHURCH OF THE MADELEINE AT PARIS.

ON REVISITING CAMBRIDGE,

ON COWPER'S GARDEN AT OLNEY.

ON MILTON'S COTTAGE, AT CHALFONT ST. GILES,

ANSWER TO WORDSWORTH'S SONNET AGAINST THE KENDAL AND BOWNESS RAILWAY.

ON THE GRAVE OF BISHOP KEN,

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OCCASIONAL POEMS.

THE FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON.

A MONUMENT FOR SCUTARI,

CRIMEAN INVALID SOLDIERS REAPING AT ALDERSHOT.

COLUMBUS AND THE MAY-FLOWER.

AN ENVOY TO AN AMERICAN LADY.

ENGLAND AND AMERICA, 1863.

ON THE OPENING OF THE FIRST PUBLIC PLEASURE-GROUND AT BIRMINGHAM

WORKMAN'S CHORAL SONG.

ON THE OPENING OF THE ALBERT HALL

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GEORGE VERNON COLEBROKE.

ARTHUR AND HELEN HALLAM.

MARY AND AGNES BERRY.

DRYDEN AND THACKERAY.

THE DEATH OF LIVINGSTONE.

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I.

II.

III.

III. WRITTEN AT AMALFI.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

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GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING.

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[Amid the factions of the field of life]

[I sent my memo'ry out]

[The heart that Passion never fired]

[Because your nature can extend]

(PREFIXED TO PALM LEAVES.)

[Through clouds of care mankind must move]

[Since in this world's eternal chorus]

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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.

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

VIII. WRITTEN AT THE BATHS OF LUCCA.

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.

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THE POETRY OF THE PEOPLE.

I.

II.

II. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

III.

III. THE PATIENCE OF THE POOR.

IV.

IV. ALMS-GIVING.

V.

VI.

VI. RICH AND POOR.

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THE PAINS OF YOUTH.

THE SPRING AND THE BROOK.

GOOD INTENTIONS.

GRAVE TEMPERAMENTS.

ACTION AND THOUGHT.

LESSON TO POETS.

INDIRECT BEAUTY.

TO CHARLES LAMB.

TO A CERTAIN POET.

LOVE WITHOUT SYMPATHY.

ON ALFRED OF ENGLAND.

INSERTED IN M. RIO'S WORK, “LA PETITE CHOUANNERIE.”

ON TURNER'S PICTURE

TO QUEEN VICTORIA.

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A CHILD'S SONG.

“THE INFANT'S THREE SABBATHS.”

THE OLD MANORIAL HALL.

THE BROOK-SIDE.

SONG OF THOUGHTS.

THE OLD MAN'S SONG.

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NARRATIVE POEMS.

THE FALL OF ALIPIUS.

THE DEPARTURE OF ST. PATRICK FROM SCOTLAND.

BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN.

THE DEATH OF SARSFIELD.

PRINCE EMILIUS OF HESSEN-DARMSTADT.

THE TRAGEDY OF THE LAC DE GAUBE IN THE PYRENEES.

A SPANISH ANECDOTE.

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A CHRISTMAS STORY.

VENUS AND THE CHRISTIAN KNIGHT.

THE NORTHERN KNIGHT IN ITALY.

CHARLEMAGNE, AND THE HYMN OF CHRIST.

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(PREFIXED TO PALM LEAVES.)

Eastward roll the orbs of heaven,
Westward tend the thoughts of men:
Let the Poet, nature-driven,
Wander Eastward now and then:
There the calm of life comparing
With his Europe's busy fate,
Let him, gladly homeward faring,
Learn to labour and to wait.