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 ...
Laurence Hope Poems on Man (35 Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Reverie OfMahomed 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 ...
Song Of The Colours: By Taj Mahomed (Laurence Hope Poems)
_Rose-colour_Rose Pink am I, the colour gleams and glows In many a flower; her lips, those tender doorsBy which, in time ...
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 ...
Oh, Life, I Have Taken You For My Lover! (Laurence Hope Poems)
Oh, Life, I have taken you for my Lover, I rent your veils and I found you fair ;If a fault ...
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 ...
“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 Masters (Laurence Hope Poems)
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 (Laurence Hope Poems)
Oh, Masters, you who rule the world, Will you not wait with me awhile,When swords are sheathed and sails are furled, And ...
Early Love (Laurence Hope Poems)
Who says I wrong thee, my half-opened rose?Little he knows of thee or me, or love.--I am so tender of ...
This Month The Almonds Bloom At Kandahar (Laurence Hope Poems)
I hate this City, seated on the Plain, The clang and clamour of the hot Bazar,Knowing, amid the pauses of my ...
“Golden Eyes” (Laurence Hope Poems)
Oh Amber Eyes, oh Golden Eyes! Oh Eyes so softly gay!Wherein swift fancies fall and rise, Grow dark and fade away.Eyes like ...
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 ...
Famine Song (Laurence Hope Poems)
Death and Famine on every side And never a sign of rain,The bones of those who have starved and died Unburied upon ...
Kotri, By The River (Laurence Hope Poems)
At Kotri, by the river, when the evening's sun is low,The waving palm trees quiver, the golden waters glow,The shining ...
Marriage Thoughts: By Morsellin Khan (Laurence Hope Poems)
_Bridegroom_I give you my house and my lands, all golden with harvest;My sword, my shield, and my jewels, the spoils ...
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 ...
Story By Lalla-ji, The Priest (Laurence Hope Poems)
He loved the Plant with a keen delight, A passionate fervour, strange to see,Tended it ardently, day and night, Yet never a ...
Camp Follower’s Song, Gomal River (Laurence Hope Poems)
We have left Gul Kach behind us, Are marching on Apozai,--Where pleasure and rest are waiting To welcome us by and by.We're ...
“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 ...
Syed Amir (Laurence Hope Poems)
Syed Amir is dead, and his numerous foesAre hushed in a breathless awe of amazed relief.The hearts of his friends ...
Middle-Age (Laurence Hope Poems)
The sins of Youth are hardly sins, So frank they are and free.'T is but when Middle-age begins We need morality.Ah, pause ...
My Desire (Laurence Hope Poems)
Fate has given me many a gift To which men most aspire,Lovely, precious and costly things, But not my heart's desire.Many a ...
Feroza (Laurence Hope Poems)
The evening sky was as green as Jade, As Emerald turf by Lotus lake,Behind the Kafila far she strayed, (The Pearls are ...