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 Nature (24 Poems)
Sher Afzul (Laurence Hope Poems)
This was the tale Sher Afzul told to me, While the spent camels bubbled on their knees,And ruddy camp-fires twinkled through ...
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 ...
Song of the Parao (Camping-ground) (Laurence Hope Poems)
Heart, my heart, thou hast found thy home! From gloom and sorrow thou hast come forth,Thou who wast foolish, and sought ...
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" ...
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 ...
Disappointment (Laurence Hope Poems)
Oh, come, Beloved, before my beauty fades, Pity the sorrow of my loneliness.I am a Rosebush that the Cypress shades, No sunbeams ...
Protest: By Zahir-u-Din (Laurence Hope Poems)
Alas! alas! this wasted NightWith all its Jasmin-scented air,Its thousand stars, serenely bright!I lie alone, and long for you,Long for ...
“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, ...
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 ...
The Temple Dancing Girl (Laurence Hope Poems)
You will be mine; those lightly dancing feet, Falling as softly on the careless streetAs the wind-loosened petals of a flower, Will ...
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 ...
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 ...
On The City Wall (Laurence Hope Poems)
Upon the City Ramparts, lit up by sunset gleam,The Blue eyes that conquer, meet the Darker eyes that dream.The Dark ...
The Convert (Laurence Hope Poems)
The sun was hot on the tamarind trees, Their shadows shrivelled and shrank.No coolness came on the off-shore breeze That rattled the ...
Farewell (Laurence Hope Poems)
Farewell, Aziz, it was not mine to fold you Against my heart for any length of days.I had no loveliness, alas, ...
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 ...
The Plains (Laurence Hope Poems)
How one loves themThese wide horizons; whether Desert or Sea,-- Vague and vast and infinite; faintly clear--Surely, hid in the far ...
Feroke (Laurence Hope Poems)
The rice-birds fly so white, so silver white, The velvet rice-flats lie so emerald green,My heart inhales, with sorrowful delight, The sweet ...
Wings (Laurence Hope Poems)
Was it worth while to forego our wings To gain these dextrous hands ?Truly they fashion us wonderful things As the fancy ...
Verses: Faiz Ulla (Laurence Hope Poems)
Just in the hush before dawnA little wistful wind is born.A little chilly errant breeze,That thrills the grasses, stirs the ...