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 Fire (21 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Written In Cananore (Laurence Hope Poems)
IWho was it held that Love was soothing or sweet?Mine is a painful fire, at its whitest heat.Who said that ...
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 ...
Lines By Taj Mahomed (Laurence Hope Poems)
This passion is but an ember Of a Sun, of a Fire, long set;I could not live and remember, And so I ...