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 Mind (30 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 ...
Two Songs By Sitara, Of Kashmir (Laurence Hope Poems)
Beloved! your hair was goldenAs tender tints of sunrise,As corn beside the River In softly varying hues.I loved you for your ...
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 ...
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 ...
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" ...
His Rubies: Told By Valgovind (Laurence Hope Poems)
Along the hot and endless road, Calm and erect, with haggard eyes,The prisoner bore his fetters' load Beneath the scorching, azure skies.Serene ...
“I Arise and go Down to the River” (Laurence Hope Poems)
I arise and go down to the River, and currents that come from the sea,Still fresh with the salt of ...
“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, ...
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 ...
Reverie Of Ormuz The Persian (Laurence Hope Poems)
Softly the feathery Palm-trees fade in the violet Distance,Faintly the lingering light touches the edge of the sea,Sadly the Music ...
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 ...
“Surface Rights” (Laurence Hope Poems)
Drifting, drifting down the River, Tawny current and foam-flecked tide,Sorrowful songs of lonely boatmen, Mournful forests on either side.Thine are the outcrops' ...
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 ...
Hira-Singh’s Farewell To Burmah (Laurence Hope Poems)
On the wooden deck of the wooden Junk, silent, alone, we lie,With silver foam about the bow, and a silver ...
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 ...
The Rao Of Ilore (Laurence Hope Poems)
I was sold to the Rao of Ilore, Slender and tall was he.When his litter carried him down the street I peeped ...
Malaria (Laurence Hope Poems)
He lurks among the reeds, beside the marsh, Red oleanders twisted in His hair,His eyes are haggard and His lips are ...
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 ...
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 ...
Deserted Gipsy’s Song: Hillside Camp (Laurence Hope Poems)
She is glad to receive your turquoise ring, Dear and dark-eyed Lover of mine!I, to have given you everything: Beauty maddens the ...
The Singer (Laurence Hope Poems)
The singer only sang the Joy of Life, For all too well, alas! the singer knewHow hard the daily toil, how ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...