INDIA'S LOVE LYRICS
By Laurence Hope, et al.
Editorial note: Laurence Hope was the pen name of Adela Florence Cory Nicolson. Born in 1865, she was educated in England. At age 16 she joined her father in India, where she spent most of her adult life. In 1889 she married Col. Malcolm H. Nicolson, a man twice her age. She committed suicide two months after his death in 1904.
CONTENTS
"Less than the Dust"
"To the Unattainable"
"In the Early, Pearly Morning":
Reverie of Mahomed Akram at the Tamarind Tank
Verses
Song of Khan Zada
The Teak Forest
Valgovind's Boat Song
Kashmiri Song by Juma
Zira: in Captivity
Marriage Thoughts: by Morsellin Khan
To the Unattainable:
Mahomed Akram's Appeal to the Stars
Reminiscence of Mahomed Akram
Story by Lalla-ji, the Priest
Request
Story of Udaipore:
Valgovind's Song in the Spring
Youth
When Love is Over
"Golden Eyes"
Kotri, by the River
Farewell
Afridi Love
Yasmini
Ojira, to Her Lover
Thoughts: Mahomed Akram
Prayer
The Aloe
Memory
The First Lover
Khan Zada's Song on the Hillside
Deserted Gipsy's Song: Hillside Camp
The Plains
"Lost Delight"
Unforgotten
Song of Faiz Ulla
Story of Lilavanti
The Garden by the Bridge
Fate Knows no Tears
Verses: Faiz Ulla
Two Songs by Sitara, of Kashmir
Palm Trees by the Sea
Song by Gulbaz
Kashmiri Song
Reverie of Ormuz the Persian
Sunstroke
Adoration
Three Songs of Zahir-u-Din
The Regret of the Ranee in the Hall of Peacocks
Protest: By Zahir-u-Din
Famine Song
The Window Overlooking the Harbour
Back to the Border
Reverie: Zahir-u-Din
Sea Song
To the Hills!
Till I Wake
His Rubies: Told by Valgovind
Song of Taj Mahomed
The Garden of Kama:
Camp Follower's Song, Gomal River
Song of the Colours: by Taj Mahomed
Lalila, to the Ferengi Lover
On the City Wall
"Love Lightly"
No Rival Like the Past
Verse by Taj Mahomed
Lines by Taj Mahomed
There is no Breeze to Cool the Heat of Love
Malay Song
The Temple Dancing Girl
Hira-Singh's Farewell to Burmah
Starlight
Sampan Song
Song of the Devoted Slave
The Singer
Malaria
Fancy
Feroza
This Month the Almonds Bloom at Kandahar
