Oh, Unforgotten And Only Lover (Laurence Hope Poems)
Oh, unforgotten and only lover, Many years have swept us apart,But none of the long dividing seasons Slay your memory in my ...
Laurence Hope Poems on God (21 Poems)
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 ...
Afridi Love (Laurence Hope Poems)
Since, Oh, Beloved, you are not even faithful To me, who loved you so, for one short night,For one brief space ...
Yasmini (Laurence Hope Poems)
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" ...
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 ...
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 ...
Zira: In Captivity (Laurence Hope Poems)
Love me a little, Lord, or let me go,I am so weary walking to and froThrough all your lonely halls ...
“Lost Delight” (Laurence Hope Poems)
After the Hazara WarI lie alone beneath the Almond blossoms, Where we two lay together in the spring,And now, as then, ...
Yasin Khan (Laurence Hope Poems)
Ay, thou has found thy kingdom, Yasin Khan, Thy fathers' pomp and power are thine, at last.No more the rugged roads ...
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 ...
The Dying Prince (Laurence Hope Poems)
There are no days for me any more, for the dawn is dark with tears,There is no rest for me ...
Song Of The Devoted Slave (Laurence Hope Poems)
There is one God: Mahomed his Prophet. Had I his powerI would take the topmost peaks of the snow-clad Himalayas,And would ...
Nay, Not To-night (Laurence Hope Poems)
Nay, not to-night;--the slow, sad rain is falling Sorrowful tears, beneath a grieving sky,Far off a famished jackal, faintly calling, Renders the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rutland Gate (Laurence Hope Poems)
His back is bent and his lips are blue, Shivering out in the wet:"Here's a florin, my man, for you, Go and ...
On Pilgrimage (Laurence Hope Poems)
Oh, youthful bearer of my palanquin, Thy glossy hair lies loosened on thy neck,The "tears of labour" gem thy velvet skin, Whose ...
“To the Unattainable” (Laurence Hope Poems)
Oh, that my blood were water, thou athirst,And thou and I in some far Desert land,How would I shed it ...
Verses (Laurence Hope Poems)
You are my God, and I would fain adore You With sweet and secret rites of other days.Burn scented oil in ...
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 ...