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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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
''Less than the Dust''
01:27 - Chapter 2
''To the Unattainable''
01:11 - Chapter 3
''In the Early, Pearly Morning'': Song by Valgovind
02:29 - Chapter 4
Reverie of Mahomed Akram at the Tamarind Tank
07:35 - Chapter 5
Verses
00:56 - Chapter 6
Song of Khan Zada
00:55 - Chapter 7
The Teak Forest
06:44 - Chapter 8
Valgovind's Boat Song
01:13 - Chapter 9
Kashmiri Song by Juma
01:01 - Chapter 10
Zira: in Captivity
05:38 - Chapter 11
Marriage Thoughts: by Morsellin Khan
03:31 - Chapter 12
To the Unattainable: Lament of Mahomed Akram
01:30 - Chapter 13
Mahomed Akram's Appeal to the Stars
02:27 - Chapter 14
Reminiscence of Mahomed Akram
02:48 - Chapter 15
Story by Lalla-ji, the Priest
02:57 - Chapter 16
Request
00:56 - Chapter 17
Story of Udaipore: Told by Lalla-ji, the Priest
04:59 - Chapter 18
Valgovind's Song in the Spring
01:37 - Chapter 19
Youth
01:06 - Chapter 20
When Love is Over: Song of Khan Zada
00:54 - Chapter 21
''Golden Eyes''
04:01 - Chapter 22
Kotri, by the River
03:51 - Chapter 23
Farewell
01:52 - Chapter 24
Afridi Love
05:45 - Chapter 25
Yasmini
05:59 - Chapter 26
Ojira, to Her Lover
03:21 - Chapter 27
Thoughts: Mahomed Akram
01:53 - Chapter 28
Prayer
02:26 - Chapter 29
The Aloe
00:48 - Chapter 30
Memory
03:22 - Chapter 31
The First Lover
01:52 - Chapter 32
Khan Zada's Song on the Hillside
01:29 - Chapter 33
Deserted Gipsy's Song: Hillside Camp
02:20 - Chapter 34
The Plains
01:25 - Chapter 35
''Lost Delight'': After the Hazara War
04:53 - Chapter 36
Unforgotten
03:11 - Chapter 37
Song of Faiz Ulla
01:26 - Chapter 38
Story of Lilavanti
03:30 - Chapter 39
The Garden by the Bridge
05:45 - Chapter 40
Fate Knows no Tears
04:47 - Chapter 41
Verses: Faiz Ulla
00:53 - Chapter 42
Two Songs by Sitara, of Kashmir
02:33 - Chapter 43
Second Song: The Girl from Baltistan
04:42 - Chapter 44
Palm Trees by the Sea
03:02 - Chapter 45
Song by Gulbaz
01:47 - Chapter 46
Kashmiri Song
01:16 - Chapter 47
Reverie of Ormuz the Persian
04:54 - Chapter 48
Sunstroke
01:40 - Chapter 49
Adoration
03:37 - Chapter 50
Three Songs of Zahir-u-Din
02:04 - Chapter 51
Second Song
02:16 - Chapter 52
Third Song, written during Fever
02:47 - Chapter 53
The Regret of the Ranee in the Hall of Peacocks
02:42 - Chapter 54
Protest: by Zahir-u-Din
05:01 - Chapter 55
Famine Song
02:55 - Chapter 56
The Window Overlooking the Harbour
03:46 - Chapter 57
Back to the Border
02:43 - Chapter 58
Reverie: Zahir-u-Din
01:59 - Chapter 59
Sea Song
01:50 - Chapter 60
To the Hills!
02:06 - Chapter 61
Till I Wake
00:49 - Chapter 62
His Rubies: Told by Valgovind
05:22 - Chapter 63
Song of Taj Mahomed
01:02 - Chapter 64
The Garden of Kama: Kama the Indian Eros
02:30 - Chapter 65
Camp Follower's Song, Gomal River
02:49 - Chapter 66
Song of the Colours: by Taj Mahomed
05:47 - Chapter 67
Lalila, to the Ferengi Lover
02:52 - Chapter 68
On the City Wall
02:28 - Chapter 69
''Love Lightly''
02:42 - Chapter 70
No Rival like the Past
00:58 - Chapter 71
Verse by Taj Mahomed
01:07 - Chapter 72
Lines by Taj Mahomed
00:47 - Chapter 73
''There is no breeze to cool the heat of Love''
06:05 - Chapter 74
Malay Song
01:47 - Chapter 75
The Temple Dancing Girl
03:15 - Chapter 76
Hirah-Singh's Farewell to Burmah
03:29 - Chapter 77
Starlight
01:30 - Chapter 78
Sampan Song
00:57 - Chapter 79
Song of the Devoted Slave
02:41 - Chapter 80
The Singer
02:03 - Chapter 81
Malaria
02:42 - Chapter 82
Fancy
01:46 - Chapter 83
Feroza
01:44 - Chapter 84
This Month the Almonds bloom at Kandahar
04:16