Laurence Hope

Adela Florence Nicolson (circa 1902)

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

Quotes

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