Poems by Richard Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809 - 1885)
- A Traveller's Impression of the Nile
- At Amalfi
- Cannae
- Corinth
- Crimean Invalid Soldiers reaping at Aldershot
- Ithaca
- Marathon
- Modern Athens
- On revisting Trinity College, Cambridge
- Prince Emilius of Hesse-Darmstadt
- The Burden of Egypt - Luxor
- The Burden of Egypt - Philae
- The Burden of Egypt - The NIle
- The Hareem
- The Mosque
- The Pyramids
- The River Traun
- Tintern Abbey
- Written in Petrarch's House
Richard Milnes was born in London and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was a great supporter of Florence Nightingale and her methods. He also asked her to marry him, but she refused. He had a famous collection of Erotic literature which is now in the British Museum.
