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 ...
Beloved! your hair was goldenAs tender tints of sunrise,As corn beside the River In softly varying hues.I loved you for your ...
Whether I loved you who shall say?Whether I drifted down your wayIn the endless River of Chance and Change,And you ...
Heart, my heart, thou hast found thy home! From gloom and sorrow thou hast come forth,Thou who wast foolish, and sought ...
Since, Oh, Beloved, you are not even faithful To me, who loved you so, for one short night,For one brief space ...
At night, when Passion's ebbing tide Left bare the Sands of Truth,Yasmini, resting by my side, Spoke softly of her youth."And one" ...
_Rose-colour_Rose Pink am I, the colour gleams and glows In many a flower; her lips, those tender doorsBy which, in time ...
Along the hot and endless road, Calm and erect, with haggard eyes,The prisoner bore his fetters' load Beneath the scorching, azure skies.Serene ...
Oh, Life, I have taken you for my Lover, I rent your veils and I found you fair ;If a fault ...
I arise and go down to the River, and currents that come from the sea,Still fresh with the salt of ...
Love me a little, Lord, or let me go,I am so weary walking to and froThrough all your lonely halls ...
"And when the Summer Heat is great, And every hour intense, The Moghra, with its subtle flowers, Intoxicates the sense."The Coco palms stood ...
Softly the feathery Palm-trees fade in the violet Distance,Faintly the lingering light touches the edge of the sea,Sadly the Music ...
Death and Famine on every side And never a sign of rain,The bones of those who have starved and died Unburied upon ...
At day-break, when the tide was low He came to bathe his slender feet,And laughing, sported to and fro, Across my waters ...
Why above others was I so blessed And honoured? to be chosen oneTo hold you, sleeping, against my breast, As now I ...
He lurks among the reeds, beside the marsh, Red oleanders twisted in His hair,His eyes are haggard and His lips are ...
Ah, my lord, are the tidings true,That thy mother's jewels are shapen anew?I hear that a bride has chosen been,The ...
This man has taken my Husband's life And laid my Brethren low,No sister indeed, were I, no wife, To pardon and let ...
The daylight is dying,The Flying fox flying, Amber and amethyst burn in the sky.See, the sun throws a late,Lingering, roseate Kiss to ...
There is something so beseeching in the attitude of sleep, A pathetic resignation, most appealing to the heart. .There must surely ...
Nearer and nearer cometh the car Where the Golden Goddess towers,Sweeter and sweeter grows the air From a thousand trampled flowers.We two ...
The youthful swimmers come up on the beach, Naked and fresh from the kiss of the sea,I hear the sound of ...
The evening sky was as green as Jade, As Emerald turf by Lotus lake,Behind the Kafila far she strayed, (The Pearls are ...
The Temple bells are ringing,The young green corn is springing, And the marriage month is drawing very near.I lie hidden in ...
As o'er the vessel's side she leant, She saw the swimmer in the seaWith eager eyes on her intent, "Come down, come ...
"The Atlas summits were veiled in purple gloom, But a golden moon above rose clear and free.The cactus thicket was ruddy ...
His back is bent and his lips are blue, Shivering out in the wet:"Here's a florin, my man, for you, Go and ...
Less than the dust, beneath thy Chariot wheel,Less than the rust, that never stained thy Sword,Less than the trust thou ...
The fires that burn on all the hills Light up the landscape grey,The arid desert land distills The fervours of the day.The ...
One evening we sat togetherBy the river of Pearls at Fez,Stringing verses and sometimes singing.My gaze followed the beautiful boyWho, ...
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