Poems by Richard Monckton Milnes
The Spartans At Thermopylae
... Thou givest them form,--they, on thy favoured head, ...
A Grecian Thunder-Storm
... When the wide Heaven seems quaking to its heart, ...
Feelings Excited By Some Military Maneuvers At Verona
... Trembling and humbled, I was taught how hard ...
Sonnet XIV on A Noble Child, Early Dead
... And oft I feared, lest Thou should'st meet the danger, ...
The Beggars Castle
... ``Follow him, seize him,--There--and there!'' ...
Corinth, On Leaving Greece
... So in that parting hour was it with Greece and me ...
The Flowers Of Helicon
... But those more bright, more precious, flowers ...
On A Ruined Castle, Near The Rhine
... It' has known carouse and Provençal song, ...
On Returning To Greece In 1842
... ``Is it for this that Greece has striven and pined,-- ...
Impression, On Returning To England
... I must scan Her face, I fear, no more, and look alone to Man ...
Roman Ruins
... Did the strong Faith, that built eight hundred years ...
On The Mad-House In Venice
... Frees her sad--centred thoughts, and gives them pleasant range ...
"One moment more before that fatal leap!"
... Heedless of all the same hard fate has wrought, ...
The Immortality Of Rome
... --the Mystery Of Rome's immortal being was then made clear to me ...
Two Visits To A Grave
... Long time had past since they laid him there, ...