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 third, was originally published in 1905. - Summary by Newgatenovelist
Chapters
1 Dedication to Malcolm Nicolson 2 min 2 The Masters 4 min 3 I Shall Forget 1 min 4 The Lament of Yasmini, the Dancing-Girl 8 min 5 Among the Rice Fields 2 min 6 The Bride 3 min 7 Unanswered 2 min 8 The Net of Memory 1 min 9 The Cactus Thicket 2 min 10 Song of the Peri 3 min 11 Though in my Firmament thou wilt not shine 1 min 12 The Convert 2 min 13 Ashore 1 min 14 Yasin Khan 4 min 15 Khristna and His Flute 2 min 16 Song of Jasoda 5 min 17 Song of Ramesram Temple Girl 2 min 18 The Rao of Ilore 2 min 19 To M. C. N 1 min 20 Disappointment 5 min 21 On Pilgrimage 2 min 22 The Rice-boat 4 min 23 Lallji my Desire 3 min 24 Rutland Gate 1 min 25 Atavism 1 min 26 Middle-age 2 min 27 The Jungle Flower 1 min 28 From Behind the Lattice 1 min 29 Wings 1 min 30 Song of the Parao 6 min 31 The Tom-toms 2 min 32 Written in Cananore 2 min 33 Feroke 1 min 34 My Desire 2 min 35 Sher Afzul 6 min 36 Nay, not To-night 3 min 37 The Dying Prince 3 min 38 The Hut 1 min 39 My Paramour was Loneliness 1 min 40 The Rice was under Water 1 min 41 'Surface Rights' 3 min 42 Shivratri 2 min 43 The First Wife 3 min 44 I Arise and go Down to the River 5 min 45 Listen, Beloved 6 min 46 Oh, Unforgotten and Only Lover 8 min 47 Early Love 4 min 48 Vayu the Wind 4 min
