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 ...
The Desert is parched in the burning sunAnd the grass is scorched and white.But the sand is passed, and the ...
Ah, what hast thou done with that Lover of mine? The Lover who only cared for thee?Mine for a handful of ...
Beloved! your hair was goldenAs tender tints of sunrise,As corn beside the River In softly varying hues.I loved you for your ...
Whether I loved you who shall say?Whether I drifted down your wayIn the endless River of Chance and Change,And you ...
Heart, my heart, thou hast found thy home! From gloom and sorrow thou hast come forth,Thou who wast foolish, and sought ...
The Desert is parched in the burning sunAnd the grass is scorched and white.But the sand is passed, and the ...
Since, Oh, Beloved, you are not even faithful To me, who loved you so, for one short night,For one brief space ...
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" ...
_Rose-colour_Rose Pink am I, the colour gleams and glows In many a flower; her lips, those tender doorsBy which, in time ...
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 Desert sands are heated, parched and dreary, The tigers rend alive their quivering preyIn the near Jungle; here the kites ...
Oh, Life, I have taken you for my Lover, I rent your veils and I found you fair ;If a fault ...
I arise and go down to the River, and currents that come from the sea,Still fresh with the salt of ...
Love me a little, Lord, or let me go,I am so weary walking to and froThrough all your lonely halls ...
Had I been young I could have claimed to fold thee For many days against my eager breast;But, as things are, ...
Who says I wrong thee, my half-opened rose?Little he knows of thee or me, or love.--I am so tender of ...
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 ...
Beat on the Tom-toms, and scatter the flowers, Jasmin, Hibiscus, vermillion and white,This is the day, and the Hour of Hours, Bring ...
Oh Amber Eyes, oh Golden Eyes! Oh Eyes so softly gay!Wherein swift fancies fall and rise, Grow dark and fade away.Eyes like ...
Softly the feathery Palm-trees fade in the violet Distance,Faintly the lingering light touches the edge of the sea,Sadly the Music ...
Who does not feel desire unending To solace through his daily strife,With some mysterious Mental Blending, The hungry loneliness of life?Until, by ...
Sad is the Evening: all the level sand Lies left and lonely, while the restless sea,Tired of the green caresses of ...
They lay the slender body down With all its wealth of wetted hair,Only a daughter of the town, But very young and ...
Death and Famine on every side And never a sign of rain,The bones of those who have starved and died Unburied upon ...
I am waiting in the desert, looking out towards the sunset,And counting every moment till we meet.I am waiting by ...
At Kotri, by the river, when the evening's sun is low,The waving palm trees quiver, the golden waters glow,The shining ...
_Bridegroom_I give you my house and my lands, all golden with harvest;My sword, my shield, and my jewels, the spoils ...
On the wooden deck of the wooden Junk, silent, alone, we lie,With silver foam about the bow, and a silver ...
Do you ever think of me? you who died Ere our Youth's first fervour chilled,With your soft eyes and your pulses ...
Why above others was I so blessed And honoured? to be chosen oneTo hold you, sleeping, against my breast, As now I ...
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