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Memorials of a residence on the continent

Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes (1809-1885)

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MEMORIALS OF A RESIDENCE ON THE CONTINENT.

THE DEATH OF DAY.

ON A RUINED CASTLE, NEAR THE RHINE.

[I love the Forest;—I could dwell among]

THE BOY ROBERT.

ON THE JUNGFRAU, BY MOONLIGHT.

WRITTEN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE TYROL.

[This dainty instrument, this table-toy]

TO GIOVANNI BELLINI.

THE IMMORTALITY OF ROME.

THE PAPAL BENEDICTION,

IMPRESSION, ON RETURNING TO ENGLAND.

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WRITTEN IN IRELAND.

CLIFDEN, IN CUNNEMARA.

THE SUBTERRANEAN RIVER, AT CONG.

[One moment more before that fatal leap!]

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HISTORICAL POEMS.

SAUL AND DAVID.

DECIUS BRUTUS, ON THE COAST OF PORTUGAL.

THE DEATH OF ALMANZOR.

THE DEPARTURE OF ST. PATRICK FROM SCOTLAND.

THE BEGGAR'S CASTLE.

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Though blank the range of place and fact
To hearts that only rise and fall,
God and the Poet can extract
Beauty and Truth from each and all.