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 second, was originally published in 1903. - Summary by Newgatenovelist
Chapters
1 To Aziz: Song of Mahomed Akram 2 min 2 Surf Song 1 min 3 Oh, Life, I have taken you for My Lover 5 min 4 Illusion 1 min 5 Sleep 2 min 6 Song of the Enfifa River 4 min 7 The River of Pearls at Fez: Translation 1 min 8 Syed Amir 3 min 9 Au Salon 1 min 10 The Lute Player of Casa Blanca 5 min 11 The Hospital on the Shore 2 min 12 Among the Sandhills 2 min 13 The Cactus 1 min 14 Lalla Radha and the Churel 8 min 15 Rabat: Morocco 2 min 16 Gathered from Ternina's Face 3 min 17 Opium: Li's Riverside Hut at Taku 2 min 18 In the Water Palace 7 min 19 The Crucifix 2 min 20 Wind o' the Waste: On the Wall of Pekin 2 min 21 Happiness 2 min 22 The Orange Garden 2 min 23 Droit du Seigneur 9 min 24 Korean Song 1 min 25 Stars of the Desert (Mahomed Akram's Night Watch) 3 min 26 The Fisherman's Bride 2 min 27 The End 5 min 28 The Consolation of Dreams 3 min 29 Men Should be Judged 1 min 30 The Island of Desolation: Song of Mohamed Akram 3 min 31 A Sea Pink 4 min 32 The Date-garden 4 min 33 Trees of Wharncliffe House 5 min 34 All Farewells should be gently spoken 3 min 35 Garden Song 2 min 36 The Match-maker 3 min 37 Vain-Glory 2 min 38 Worth while 1 min 39 Invitation to the Jungle 3 min 40 The Sinjib Tree 2 min 41 The Outlaw 4 min 42 Return! 2 min 43 Philosophy of Morning 5 min 44 The Slave 2 min 45 The Seasons 2 min 46 Devotion of Aziz to Mir Khan 11 min 47 The Purple Dusk 2 min 48 Hamlili, the Sultan of Song 2 min 49 Love is the Symbol of a Sacred Thing 3 min 50 Istar-i-Sahara 4 min 51 Love the Careless 3 min 52 Shouldst Thou Consent 2 min 53 Reminiscence of Maëterlinck's ''Life of the Bee'' 1 min 54 On Deck 3 min 55 The Ocean Tramp 1 min 56 The Mirrored Stars of Tangier 2 min 57 At Simrole Tank 1 min 58 The Guru's Tale: The Enchanted Night 4 min 59 Among the Fuchsias 1 min 60 At the Taking of the Fort 5 min 61 Twilight 2 min 62 To Aziz 1 min 63 In the Vineyards 1 min 64 In the African Desert 6 min 65 In the City: Song of Mahomed Akram 3 min 66 The Jungle Fear 3 min 67 Disloyal 2 min 68 The Court of Pomegranates 5 min 69 The Tower of Victory 6 min
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