Laurence Hope Poems on Night (70 Poems)

Reverie Of Mahomed Akram At The Tamarind Tank (Laurence Hope Poems)

The Desert is parched in the burning sunAnd the grass is scorched and white.But the sand is passed, and the march is done,We are camping here to-night. I sit in the shade of the Temple walls, While the cadenced water evenly falls, And … Continue reading →

The Lament Of Yasmini, The Dancing-Girl (Laurence Hope Poems)

Ah, what hast thou done with that Lover of mine? The Lover who only cared for thee?Mine for a handful of nights, and thine For the Nights that Are and the Days to Be,The scent of the Champa lost its sweet– So sweet … Continue reading →

Oh, Unforgotten And Only Lover (Laurence Hope Poems)

Oh, unforgotten and only lover, Many years have swept us apart,But none of the long dividing seasons Slay your memory in my heart.In the clash and clamour of things unlovely My thoughts drift back to the times that were,When I, possessing thy pale … Continue reading →

Two Songs By Sitara, Of Kashmir (Laurence Hope Poems)

Beloved! your hair was goldenAs tender tints of sunrise,As corn beside the River In softly varying hues.I loved you for your slightness,Your melancholy sweetness,Your changeful eyes, that promised What your lips would still refuse. You came to me, and loved me,Were mine … Continue reading →

Sher Afzul (Laurence Hope Poems)

This was the tale Sher Afzul told to me, While the spent camels bubbled on their knees,And ruddy camp-fires twinkled through the gloom Sweet with the fragrance from the Sinjib trees. I had a friend who lay, condemned to death In gaol for … Continue reading →

Three Songs Of Zahir-u-Din (Laurence Hope Poems)

The tropic day’s redundant charms Cool twilight soothes away,The sun slips down behind the palms And leaves the landscape grey. I want to take you in my arms And kiss your lips away! I wake with sunshine in my eyes And find the morning blue,A … Continue reading →

The Teak Forest (Laurence Hope Poems)

Whether I loved you who shall say?Whether I drifted down your wayIn the endless River of Chance and Change,And you woke the strangeUnknown longings that have no names,But burn us all in their hidden flames, Who shall say? Life is a … Continue reading →

Song of the Parao (Camping-ground) (Laurence Hope Poems)

Heart, my heart, thou hast found thy home! From gloom and sorrow thou hast come forth,Thou who wast foolish, and sought to roam ’Neath the cruel stars of the frozen North. Thou hast returned to thy dear delights; The golden glow of the … Continue reading →

Listen, Beloved (Laurence Hope Poems)

Listen, Beloved, the Casurinas quiver, Each tassel prays the wind to set it free,Hark to the frantic sobbing of the river, Wild to attain extinction in the sea.All Nature blindly struggles to dissolveIn other forms and forces, thus to solveThe painful riddle … Continue reading →

Reverie OfMahomed Akram At The Tamarind Tank (Laurence Hope Poems)

The Desert is parched in the burning sunAnd the grass is scorched and white.But the sand is passed, and the march is done,We are camping here to-night.I sit in the shade of the Temple walls,While the cadenced water evenly falls,And … Continue reading →