About this book
Laurence Hope was the nom de plume of Adela Florence Nicolson, a British poet who wrote verses inspired by India, where she lived. This collection, her first, was originally published in 1901. (summary by Newgatenovelist)
Chapters (84)
1''Less than the Dust''
2''To the Unattainable''
3''In the Early, Pearly Morning'': Song by Valgovind
4Reverie of Mahomed Akram at the Tamarind Tank
5Verses
6Song of Khan Zada
7The Teak Forest
8Valgovind's Boat Song
9Kashmiri Song by Juma
10Zira: in Captivity
11Marriage Thoughts: by Morsellin Khan
12To the Unattainable: Lament of Mahomed Akram
13Mahomed Akram's Appeal to the Stars
14Reminiscence of Mahomed Akram
15Story by Lalla-ji, the Priest
16Request
17Story of Udaipore: Told by Lalla-ji, the Priest
18Valgovind's Song in the Spring
19Youth
20When Love is Over: Song of Khan Zada
21''Golden Eyes''
22Kotri, by the River
23Farewell
24Afridi Love
25Yasmini
26Ojira, to Her Lover
27Thoughts: Mahomed Akram
28Prayer
29The Aloe
30Memory
31The First Lover
32Khan Zada's Song on the Hillside
33Deserted Gipsy's Song: Hillside Camp
34The Plains
35''Lost Delight'': After the Hazara War
36Unforgotten
37Song of Faiz Ulla
38Story of Lilavanti
39The Garden by the Bridge
40Fate Knows no Tears
41Verses: Faiz Ulla
42Two Songs by Sitara, of Kashmir
43Second Song: The Girl from Baltistan
44Palm Trees by the Sea
45Song by Gulbaz
46Kashmiri Song
47Reverie of Ormuz the Persian
48Sunstroke
49Adoration
50Three Songs of Zahir-u-Din
51Second Song
52Third Song, written during Fever
53The Regret of the Ranee in the Hall of Peacocks
54Protest: by Zahir-u-Din
55Famine Song
56The Window Overlooking the Harbour
57Back to the Border
58Reverie: Zahir-u-Din
59Sea Song
60To the Hills!
61Till I Wake
62His Rubies: Told by Valgovind
63Song of Taj Mahomed
64The Garden of Kama: Kama the Indian Eros
65Camp Follower's Song, Gomal River
66Song of the Colours: by Taj Mahomed
67Lalila, to the Ferengi Lover
68On the City Wall
69''Love Lightly''
70No Rival like the Past
71Verse by Taj Mahomed
72Lines by Taj Mahomed
73''There is no breeze to cool the heat of Love''
74Malay Song
75The Temple Dancing Girl
76Hirah-Singh's Farewell to Burmah
77Starlight
78Sampan Song
79Song of the Devoted Slave
80The Singer
81Malaria
82Fancy
83Feroza
84This Month the Almonds bloom at Kandahar
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