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Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Cory Nicolson)

1865 - 1904


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Read More About Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Cory Nicolson) below poetry list
Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: Adoration Who does not feel desire unending 54434
2: Afridi Love Since, Oh, Beloved, you are not even faithful 72453
3: Among the Rice Fields She was fair as a Passion-flower, 20421
4: Ashore Out I came from the dancing-place: 11383
5: Atavism Deep in the jungle vast and dim, 16422
6: Back to the Border The tremulous morning is breaking 40452
7: Camp Follower's Song, Gomal River We have left Gul Kach behind us, 44458
8: Dedication to Malcolm Nicolson I, who of lighter love wrote many a verse, 12385
9: Deserted Gipsy's Song: Hillside Camp She is glad to receive your turquoise ring, 24384
10: Disappointment Oh, come, Beloved, before my beauty fades, 64408
11: Early Love Who says I wrong thee, my half-opened rose? 61416
12: Famine Song Death and Famine on every side 48383
13: Fancy Far in the Further East the skilful craftsman 20380
14: Farewell Farewell, Aziz, it was not mine to fold you 20394
15: Fate Knows no Tears Just as the dawn of Love was breaking 66461
16: Feroke The rice-birds fly so white, so silver white, 16375
17: Feroza The evening sky was as green as Jade, 24368
18: From Behind the Lattice I see your red-gold hair and know 15401
19: Golden Eyes Oh Amber Eyes, oh Golden Eyes! 72447
20: Hira-Singh's Farewell to Burmah On the wooden deck of the wooden Junk, silent, alone, we lie, 28441
21: His Rubies: Told by Valgovind Along the hot and endless road, 84439
22: I Arise and go Down to the River I arise and go down to the River, and currents that come from the sea, 44437
23: I Shall Forget Although my life, which thou hast scarred and shaken, 14412
24: In the Early, Pearly Morning: Song by Valgovind The fields are full of Poppies, and the skies are very blue, 24434
25: Kashmiri Song Pale hands I love beside the Shalimar, 12402
26: Kashmiri Song by Juma You never loved me, and yet to save me, 10449
27: Khan Zada's Song on the Hillside The fires that burn on all the hills 20414
28: Khristna and His Flute Be still, my heart, and listen, 32427
29: Kotri, by the River At Kotri, by the river, when the evening's sun is low, 36437
30: Lalila, to the Ferengi Lover Why above others was I so blessed 40435
31: Lallji my Desire This is no time for saying 'no' 49450
32: Less Than The Dust Less than the dust, beneath thy Chariot wheel, 12409
33: Lines by Taj Mahomed This passion is but an ember 8395
34: Listen, Beloved Listen, Beloved, the Casurinas quiver, 88436
35: Lost Delight I lie alone beneath the Almond blossoms, 52386
36: Love Lightly There were Roses in the hedges, and Sunshine in the sky, 24405
37: Mahomed Akram's Appeal To The Stars 28399
38: Malaria He lurks among the reeds, beside the marsh, 36421
39: Malay Song The Stars await, serene and white, 28405
40: Marriage Thoughts: by Morsellin Khan I give you my house and my lands, all golden with harvest; 47436
41: Memory How I loved you in your sleep, 49456
42: Middle-age The sins of Youth are hardly sins, 36395
43: My Desire Fate has given me many a gift 36378
44: My Paramour was Loneliness My paramour was loneliness 8404
45: Nay, not To-night Nay, not to-night; - the slow, sad rain is falling 28406
46: No Rival Like the Past As those who eat a Luscious Fruit, sunbaked, 8450
47: Oh, Unforgotten and Only Lover Oh, unforgotten and only lover, 104380
48: Ojira, to Her Lover I am waiting in the desert, looking out towards the sunset, 36386
49: On Pilgrimage Oh, youthful bearer of my palanquin, 16379
50: On the City Wall Upon the City Ramparts, lit up by sunset gleam, 20400
51: Palm Trees by the Sea Love, let me thank you for this! 54435
52: Prayer You are all that is lovely and light, 36413
53: Protest: By Zahir-u-Din Alas! alas! this wasted Night 84426
54: Reminiscence of Mahomed Akram I shall never forget you, never. Never escape 31466
55: Request Give me your self one hour; I do not crave 8401
56: Reverie Of Mahomed Akram At The Tamarind Tank The Desert is parched in the burning sun 109395
57: Reverie of Ormuz the Persian Softly the feathery Palm-trees fade in the violet Distance, 40422
58: Reverie: Zahir-u-Din Alone, I wait, till her twilight gate 26423
59: Rutland Gate His back is bent and his lips are blue, 20405
60: Sampan Song A little breeze blew over the sea, 12438
61: Sea Song Against the planks of the cabin side, 24444
62: Second Song (Three Songs of Zahir-u-Din) How much I loved that way you had 30405
63: Second Song: The Girl from Baltistan Throb, throb, throb, 61373
64: Sher Afzul This was the tale Sher Afzul told to me, 84398
65: Shivratri (the Night of Shiva) Nearer and nearer cometh the car 32393
66: Song by Gulbaz Is it safe to lie so lonely when the summer twilight closes 14394
67: Song of Faiz Ulla Just at the time when Jasmins bloom, most sweetly in the summer weather, 9404
68: Song of Jasoda Had I been young I could have claimed to fold thee 52401
69: Song Of Khan Zada As one may sip a Stranger's Bowl 8441
70: Song of Ramesram Temple Girl Now is the season of my youth, 36421
71: Song of Taj Mahomed Dear is my inlaid sword; across the Border 8361
72: Song of the Colours: by Taj Mahomed Rose Pink am I, the colour gleams and glows 76405
73: Song of the Devoted Slave There is one God: Mahomed his Prophet. Had I his power 27385
74: Song of the Parao (Camping-ground) Heart, my heart, thou hast found thy home! 83368
75: Song of the Peri Beauty, the Gift of Gifts, I give to thee. 36391
76: Starlight O beautiful Stars, when you see me go 15457
77: Story by Lalla-ji, the Priest He loved the Plant with a keen delight, 40383
78: Story of Lilavanti They lay the slender body down 52390
79: Story of Udaipore: Told by Lalla-ji, the Priest And when the Summer Heat is great, 50399
80: Sunstroke Oh, straight, white road that runs to meet, 24409
81: Surface Rights Drifting, drifting down the River, 48415
82: The Aloe My life was like an Aloe flower, beneath an orient sky, 4419
83: The Bride Beat on the Tom-toms, and scatter the flowers, 45394
84: The Cactus Thicket The Atlas summits were veiled in purple gloom, 14455
85: The Convert The sun was hot on the tamarind trees, 24409
86: The Dying Prince There are no days for me any more, for the dawn is dark with tears, 28378
87: The First Lover As o'er the vessel's side she leant, 24403
88: The First Wife Ah, my lord, are the tidings true, 40460
89: The Garden by the Bridge The Desert sands are heated, parched and dreary, 68379
90: The Garden of Kama: Kama the Indian Eros The daylight is dying, 36416
91: The Hut Dear little Hut by the rice-fields circled, 14392
92: The Jungle Flower Ah, the cool silence of the shaded hours, 12464
93: The Lament of Yasmini, the Dancing-Girl Ah, what hast thou done with that Lover of mine? 99410
94: The Masters Oh, Masters, you who rule the world, 56431
95: The Net of Memory I cast the Net of Memory, 13390
96: The Plains How one loves them 13397
97: The Rao of Ilore I was sold to the Rao of Ilore, 34380
98: The Regret of the Ranee in the Hall of Peacocks This man has taken my Husband's life 40387
99: The Rice was under Water The Rice was under water, and the land was scourged with rain, 8398
100: The Rice-boat I slept upon the Rice-boat 72377
101: The Singer The singer only sang the Joy of Life, 24376
102: The Teak Forest Whether I loved you who shall say? 100400
103: The Temple Dancing Girl You will be mine; those lightly dancing feet, 40387
104: The Tom-toms Dost thou hear the tom-toms throbbing, 30377
105: The Window Overlooking the Harbour Sad is the Evening: all the level sand 44404
106: There is no Breeze to Cool the Heat of Love The listless Palm-trees catch the breeze above 68401
107: Third Song, written during Fever (Three Songs of Zahir-u-Din) To-night the clouds hang very low, 42385
108: This Month the Almonds Bloom at Kandahar I hate this City, seated on the Plain, 56415
109: Though in my Firmament thou wilt not shine Talk not, my Lord, of unrequited love, 8429
110: Thoughts: Mahomed Akram If some day this body of mine were burned 22380
111: Three Songs of Zahir-u-Din The tropic day's redundant charms 30374
112: Till I Wake When I am dying, lean over me tenderly, softly, 4458
113: To M. C. N. Thou hast no wealth, nor any pride of power, 14346
114: To the Hills! T is eight miles out and eight miles in, 40431
115: To The Unattainable Oh, that my blood were water, thou athirst, 12363
116: To The Unattainable: Lament Of Mahomed Akram I would have taken Golden Stars from the sky for your necklace, 10390
117: Two Songs by Sitara, of Kashmir Beloved! your hair was golden 44355
118: Unanswered Something compels me, somewhere. Yet I see 18411
119: Unforgotten Do you ever think of me? you who died 40441
120: Valgovind's Boat Song Waters glisten and sunbeams quiver, 16405
121: Valgovind's Song in the Spring The Temple bells are ringing, 24433
122: Vayu the Wind Ah, Wind, I have always loved thee 49474
123: Verse by Taj Mahomed When first I loved, I gave my very soul 10357
124: Verses You are my God, and I would fain adore You 8434
125: Verses: Faiz Ulla Just in the hush before dawn 9366
126: When Love is Over - Song of Khan Zada Only in August my heart was aflame, 8356
127: Wings Was it worth while to forego our wings 16428
128: Written in Cananore Who was it held that Love was soothing or sweet? 24375
129: Yasin Khan Ay, thou has found thy kingdom, Yasin Khan, 56420
130: Yasmini At night, when Passion's ebbing tide 86397
131: Youth I am not sure if I knew the truth 14401
132: Zira: In Captivity Love me a little, Lord, or let me go, 68408




About:
Laurence Hope was the pen name of Adela Florence Cory Nicolson. Born in 1865, she was educated in England. At age 16 she joined her father in India, where she spent most of her adult life. In 1889 she married Col. Malcolm H. Nicolson, a man twice her age. She committed suicide two months after his death in 1904.
Most of her work is Translations from Indian Poetry.


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