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Garden of Kama

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) (3 hr 51 min)

Chapters

''Less than the Dust''

''To the Unattainable''

''In the Early, Pearly Morning'': Song by Valgovind

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: Lament of Mahomed Akram

Mahomed Akram's Appeal to the Stars

Reminiscence of Mahomed Akram

Story by Lalla-ji, the Priest

Request

Story of Udaipore: Told by Lalla-ji, the Priest

Valgovind's Song in the Spring

Youth

When Love is Over: Song of Khan Zada

''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'': After the Hazara War

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

Second Song: The Girl from Baltistan

Palm Trees by the Sea

Song by Gulbaz

Kashmiri Song

Reverie of Ormuz the Persian

Sunstroke

Adoration

Three Songs of Zahir-u-Din

Second Song

Third Song, written during Fever

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: Kama the Indian Eros

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

Hirah-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