Laurence Hope



Laurence Hope (9 April 1865 – 4 October 1904) was the pen-name of the English poet Adela Florence Nicholson.

Indian Love Lyrics (aka Garden of Kama) (1901)

 * Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, Less than the rust that never stained thy sword,
 * Less Than the Dust


 * Less than the weed that grows beside thy door
 * Less Than the Dust


 * Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar. Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell? Whom do you lead on Rapture's roadway, far, Before you agonise them in farewell?
 * Kashmiri Song


 * I would have rather felt you round my throat Crushing out life, than waving me farewell!
 * Kashmiri Song