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 ...
Laurence Hope Poems on Dreams (27 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 ...
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 ...
The Lute Player of Casa Blanca (Laurence Hope Poems)
No others sing as you have sung Oh, Well Beloved of me!So glad you are, so lithe and young, As joyous as ...
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 ...
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 ...
Disappointment (Laurence Hope Poems)
Oh, come, Beloved, before my beauty fades, Pity the sorrow of my loneliness.I am a Rosebush that the Cypress shades, No sunbeams ...
Fate Knows No Tears (Laurence Hope Poems)
Just as the dawn of Love was breaking Across the weary world of grey,Just as my life once more was waking As ...
Protest: By Zahir-u-Din (Laurence Hope Poems)
Alas! alas! this wasted NightWith all its Jasmin-scented air,Its thousand stars, serenely bright!I lie alone, and long for you,Long for ...
The Rice-boat (Laurence Hope Poems)
I slept upon the Rice-boat That, reef protected, layAt anchor, where the palm-trees Infringe upon the bay.The windless air was heavy With cinnamon ...
Reverie Of Ormuz The Persian (Laurence Hope Poems)
Softly the feathery Palm-trees fade in the violet Distance,Faintly the lingering light touches the edge of the sea,Sadly the Music ...
Kotri, By The River (Laurence Hope Poems)
At Kotri, by the river, when the evening's sun is low,The waving palm trees quiver, the golden waters glow,The shining ...
Marriage Thoughts: By Morsellin Khan (Laurence Hope Poems)
_Bridegroom_I give you my house and my lands, all golden with harvest;My sword, my shield, and my jewels, the spoils ...
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 ...
The Regret Of The Ranee In The Hall Of Peacocks (Laurence Hope Poems)
This man has taken my Husband's life And laid my Brethren low,No sister indeed, were I, no wife, To pardon and let ...
Back To The Border (Laurence Hope Poems)
The tremulous morning is breaking Against the white waste of the sky,And hundreds of birds are awaking In tamarisk bushes hard by.I, ...
Prayer (Laurence Hope Poems)
You are all that is lovely and light, Aziza whom I adore,And, waking, after the night, I am weary with dreams of ...
Sleep (Laurence Hope Poems)
There is something so beseeching in the attitude of sleep, A pathetic resignation, most appealing to the heart. .There must surely ...
On The City Wall (Laurence Hope Poems)
Upon the City Ramparts, lit up by sunset gleam,The Blue eyes that conquer, meet the Darker eyes that dream.The Dark ...
Among The Sandhills (Laurence Hope Poems)
Lie still, Beloved, I also see the day Shoot his white arrows through the trembling sky,But what is dawn to us, ...
Fancy (Laurence Hope Poems)
Far in the Further East the skilful craftsman Fashioned this fancy for the West's delight.This rose and azure Dragon, crouching softly Upon ...
Thoughts: Mahomed Akram (Laurence Hope Poems)
If some day this body of mine were burned(It found no favour alas! with you)And the ashes scattered abroad, unurned,Would ...
The Cactus Thicket (Laurence Hope Poems)
"The Atlas summits were veiled in purple gloom, But a golden moon above rose clear and free.The cactus thicket was ruddy ...
To M. C. N. (Laurence Hope Poems)
Thou hast no wealth, nor any pride of power, Thy life is offered on affection's altar.Small sacrifices claim thee, hour by ...
From Behind The Lattice (Laurence Hope Poems)
I see your red-gold hair and know How white the hidden skin must be,Though sun-kissed face and fingers showThe fervour of ...
“The Rice was under Water” (Laurence Hope Poems)
The Rice was under water, and the land was scourged with rain,The nights were desolation, and the day was born ...