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Last Poems

Laurence Hope

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 (2 hr 14 min)

Chapters

Dedication to Malcolm Nicolson

1:43

3:50

1:23

The Lament of Yasmini, the Dancing-Girl

7:42

Among the Rice Fields

1:38

3:18

1:36

The Net of Memory

1:08

The Cactus Thicket

1:32

Song of the Peri

2:58

Though in my Firmament thou wilt not shine

0:58

1:45

1:05

4:30

Khristna and His Flute

1:54

4:35

Song of Ramesram Temple Girl

2:24

The Rao of Ilore

2:11

1:22

5:16

1:34

3:59

Lallji my Desire

2:32

1:24

1:18

2:21

The Jungle Flower

1:29

From Behind the Lattice

1:13

1:15

Song of the Parao

5:58

2:22

Written in Cananore

2:27

1:24

2:20

6:10

Nay, not To-night

2:35

The Dying Prince

3:13

1:02

My Paramour was Loneliness

0:46

The Rice was under Water

1:03

'Surface Rights'

3:23

2:01

2:47

I Arise and go Down to the River

5:21

Listen, Beloved

6:23

Oh, Unforgotten and Only Lover

7:30

4:15

3:34