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 ...
Laurence Hope Poems on War & Peace (15 Poems)
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 ...
The Lute Player of Casa Blanca (Laurence Hope Poems)
No others sing as you have sung Oh, Well Beloved of me!So glad you are, so lithe and young, As joyous as ...
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" ...
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 ...
“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 ...
Zira: In Captivity (Laurence Hope Poems)
Love me a little, Lord, or let me go,I am so weary walking to and froThrough all your lonely halls ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Regret Of The Ranee In The Hall Of Peacocks (Laurence Hope Poems)
This man has taken my Husband's life And laid my Brethren low,No sister indeed, were I, no wife, To pardon and let ...
Sleep (Laurence Hope Poems)
There is something so beseeching in the attitude of sleep, A pathetic resignation, most appealing to the heart. .There must surely ...
The Hut (Laurence Hope Poems)
Dear little Hut by the rice-fields circled, That cocoa-nuts shade above.I hear the voices of children singing, And that means love.When shall ...