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 ...
Laurence Hope Poems on Desire (23 Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Song Of The Colours: By Taj Mahomed (Laurence Hope Poems)
_Rose-colour_Rose Pink am I, the colour gleams and glows In many a flower; her lips, those tender doorsBy which, in time ...
His Rubies: Told By Valgovind (Laurence Hope Poems)
Along the hot and endless road, Calm and erect, with haggard eyes,The prisoner bore his fetters' load Beneath the scorching, azure skies.Serene ...
The Garden By The Bridge (Laurence Hope Poems)
The Desert sands are heated, parched and dreary, The tigers rend alive their quivering preyIn the near Jungle; here the kites ...
There Is No Breeze To Cool The Heat Of Love (Laurence Hope Poems)
The listless Palm-trees catch the breeze above The pile-built huts that edge the salt Lagoon,There is no Breeze to cool the ...
“I Arise and go Down to the River” (Laurence Hope Poems)
I arise and go down to the River, and currents that come from the sea,Still fresh with the salt of ...
Lallji My Desire (Laurence Hope Poems)
"This is no time for saying 'no'" Were thy last words to me,And yet my lips refused the kiss They might have ...
The Bride (Laurence Hope Poems)
Beat on the Tom-toms, and scatter the flowers, Jasmin, Hibiscus, vermillion and white,This is the day, and the Hour of Hours, Bring ...
Adoration (Laurence Hope Poems)
Who does not feel desire unending To solace through his daily strife,With some mysterious Mental Blending, The hungry loneliness of life?Until, by ...
Palm Trees By The Sea (Laurence Hope Poems)
Love, let me thank you for this! Now we have drifted apart,Wandered away from the sea,-- For the fresh touch of your ...
Memory (Laurence Hope Poems)
How I loved you in your sleep,With the starlight on your hair!The touch of your lips was sweet,Aziza whom I ...
Malaria (Laurence Hope Poems)
He lurks among the reeds, beside the marsh, Red oleanders twisted in His hair,His eyes are haggard and His lips are ...
My Desire (Laurence Hope Poems)
Fate has given me many a gift To which men most aspire,Lovely, precious and costly things, But not my heart's desire.Many a ...
Unanswered (Laurence Hope Poems)
Something compels me, somewhere. Yet I seeNo clear command in Life's long mystery.Oft have I flung myself beside my horse, To drink ...
Among The Rice Fields (Laurence Hope Poems)
She was fair as a Passion-flower, (But little of love he knew.)Her lucent eyes were like amber wine, And her eyelids stained ...
I Shall Forget (Laurence Hope Poems)
Although my life, which thou hast scarred and shaken, Retains awhile some influence of thee,As shells, by faithless waves long since ...
Kashmiri Song By Juma (Laurence Hope Poems)
You never loved me, and yet to save me,One unforgetable night you gave meSuch chill embraces as the snow-covered heightsReceive ...
“My Paramour was Loneliness” (Laurence Hope Poems)
My paramour was loneliness And lying by the sea,Soft songs of sorrow and distress He did beget in me.Later another lover came More ...