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 ...
Laurence Hope Poems on Flowers (51 Poems)
“In the Early, Pearly Morning”: (Laurence Hope Poems)
Song by ValgovindThe fields are full of Poppies, and the skies are very blue,By the Temple in the coppice, I ...
The Garden Of Kama: Kama The Indian Eros (Laurence Hope Poems)
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 ...
“Love Lightly” (Laurence Hope Poems)
There were Roses in the hedges, and Sunshine in the sky,Red Lilies in the sedges, where the water rippled by,A ...
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 ...
The Tom-toms (Laurence Hope Poems)
Dost thou hear the tom-toms throbbing,Like a lonely lover sobbingFor the beauty that is robbing him of all his life's ...
Shivratri (the Night of Shiva) (While the procession passed at Ramesram) (Laurence Hope Poems)
Nearer and nearer cometh the car Where the Golden Goddess towers,Sweeter and sweeter grows the air From a thousand trampled flowers.We two ...
Valgovind’s Song In The Spring (Laurence Hope Poems)
The Temple bells are ringing,The young green corn is springing, And the marriage month is drawing very near.I lie hidden in ...
Malay Song (Laurence Hope Poems)
The Stars await, serene and white, The unarisen moon;Oh, come and stay with me to-night, Beside the salt Lagoon!My hut is small, ...
Valgovind’s Boat Song (Laurence Hope Poems)
Waters glisten and sunbeams quiver, The wind blows fresh and free.Take my boat to your breast, O River! Carry me out to ...
Wings (Laurence Hope Poems)
Was it worth while to forego our wings To gain these dextrous hands ?Truly they fashion us wonderful things As the fancy ...
The Jungle Flower (Laurence Hope Poems)
Ah, the cool silence of the shaded hours,The scent and colour of the jungle flowers!Thou art one of the jungle ...
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 ...
To The Unattainable: Lament Of Mahomed Akram (Laurence Hope Poems)
I would have taken Golden Stars from the sky for your necklace,I would have shaken rose-leaves for your rest from ...
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 ...
Song Of Faiz Ulla (Laurence Hope Poems)
Just at the time when Jasmins bloom, most sweetly in the summer weather,Lost in the scented Jungle gloom, one sultry ...
Ashore (Laurence Hope Poems)
Out I came from the dancing-place:The night-wind met me face to face--A wind off the harbour, cold and keen,"I know," ...
Request (Laurence Hope Poems)
Give me your self one hour; I do not crave For any love, or even thought, of me.Come, as a Sultan ...
Song Of Khan Zada (Laurence Hope Poems)
As one may sip a Stranger's BowlYou gave yourself but not your soul.I wonder, now that time has passed,Where you ...
The Aloe (Laurence Hope Poems)
My life was like an Aloe flower, beneath an orient sky,Your sunshine touched it for an hour; it blossomed but ...
The Cactus (Laurence Hope Poems)
The scarlet flower, with never a sister leaf, Stemless, springs from the edge of the Cactus-thorn:Thus from the ragged wounds of ...