The Poetical Works of (Richard Monckton Milnes) Lord Houghton ::

The Poetical Works of (Richard Monckton Milnes) Lord Houghton

Collected ed.

Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes (1809-1885)

VOLUME I

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VOLUME II

POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.

MUTABILITY.

TO A CHILD WITH BLACK EYES AND GOLDEN HAIR.

CARPE DIEM.

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.

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VIII. WRITTEN AT THE BATHS OF LUCCA.

THE VOICES OF HISTORY.

THE BARREN HILL.

THE CHRONICLE OF HOPES.

THE PALSY OF THE HEART.

THE WORLD TO THE SOUL.

THE EXHAUSTION OF LIFE.

THE SOLITUDE OF LIFE.

THE WEARY SOUL.

THE MARTYRS OF THE MIND.

THE POETRY OF THE PEOPLE.

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Think not because I walk in power,
While Thou art by my side,
That I could keep the path one hour
Without my guard and guide.

The keeper left me once alone
Within a madhouse hall,
With gibber, shriek, and fixèd smile
About me,—madmen all!

The horrid sense which then I felt
Is what my life would be,
If in this world of pain and guilt
I once lost sight of Thee.

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