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 ...
Oh, unforgotten and only lover, Many years have swept us apart,But none of the long dividing seasons Slay your memory in my ...
Beloved! your hair was goldenAs tender tints of sunrise,As corn beside the River In softly varying hues.I loved you for your ...
This was the tale Sher Afzul told to me, While the spent camels bubbled on their knees,And ruddy camp-fires twinkled through ...
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 ...
Listen, Beloved, the Casurinas quiver, Each tassel prays the wind to set it free,Hark to the frantic sobbing of the river, Wild ...
No others sing as you have sung Oh, Well Beloved of me!So glad you are, so lithe and young, As joyous as ...
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 ...
The listless Palm-trees catch the breeze above The pile-built huts that edge the salt Lagoon,There is no Breeze to cool the ...
Oh, Life, I have taken you for my Lover, I rent your veils and I found you fair ;If a fault ...
Oh, come, Beloved, before my beauty fades, Pity the sorrow of my loneliness.I am a Rosebush that the Cypress shades, No sunbeams ...
Just as the dawn of Love was breaking Across the weary world of grey,Just as my life once more was waking As ...
I arise and go down to the River, and currents that come from the sea,Still fresh with the salt of ...
Alas! alas! this wasted NightWith all its Jasmin-scented air,Its thousand stars, serenely bright!I lie alone, and long for you,Long for ...
Love me a little, Lord, or let me go,I am so weary walking to and froThrough all your lonely halls ...
"And when the Summer Heat is great, And every hour intense, The Moghra, with its subtle flowers, Intoxicates the sense."The Coco palms stood ...
Ay, thou has found thy kingdom, Yasin Khan, Thy fathers' pomp and power are thine, at last.No more the rugged roads ...
Oh, Masters, you who rule the world, Will you not wait with me awhile,When swords are sheathed and sails are furled, And ...
Oh, Masters, you who rule the world, Will you not wait with me awhile,When swords are sheathed and sails are furled, And ...
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 ...
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