India's Love Lyrics
India's Love Lyrics
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
STARS OF THE DESERT
AND LAST POEMS
INDIA'S
LOVE LYRICS
COLLECTED & ARRANGED
IN VERSE BY
LAURENCE HOPE
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY, MCMVI
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
Copyright, 1902
by John Lane
Copyright, 1906
by John Lane Company
UNIVERSITY PRESS • JOHN WILSON
AND SON • CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
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In the Early, Pearly Morning: Song by Valgovind
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Reverie of Mahomed Akram at the Tamarind Tank
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Verses
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Song of Khan Zada
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The Teak Forest
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Valgovind's Boat Song
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Kashmiri Song by Juma
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Zira: in Captivity
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Marriage Thoughts: by Morsellin Khan
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To the Unattainable:
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Mahomed Akram's Appeal to the Stars
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Reminiscence of Mahomed Akram
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Story by Lalla-ji, the Priest
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Request
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Story of Udaipore:
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Valgovind's Song in the Spring
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Youth
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When Love is Over
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"Golden Eyes"
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Kotri, by the River
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Farewell
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Afridi Love
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Yasmini
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Ojira, to Her Lover
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Thoughts: Mahomed Akram
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Prayer
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The Aloe
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Memory
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The First Lover
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Khan Zada's Song on the Hillside
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Deserted Gipsy's Song: Hillside Camp
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The Plains
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"Lost Delight"
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Unforgotten
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Song of Faiz Ulla
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Story of Lilavanti
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The Garden by the Bridge
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Fate Knows no Tears
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Verses: Faiz Ulla
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Two Songs by Sitara, of Kashmir
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Palm Trees by the Sea
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Song by Gulbaz
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Kashmiri Song
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Reverie of Ormuz the Persian
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Sunstroke
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Adoration
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Three Songs of Zahir-u-Din
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Second Song
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Third Song, written during Fever
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The Regret of the Ranee in the Hall of Peacocks
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Protest: By Zahir-u-Din
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Famine Song
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The Window Overlooking the Harbour
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Back to the Border
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Reverie: Zahir-u-Din
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Sea Song
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To the Hills!
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Till I Wake
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His Rubies: Told by Valgovind
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Song of Taj Mahomed
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The Garden of Kama: Kama the Indian Eros
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Camp Follower's Song, Gomal River
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Song of the Colours: by Taj Mahomed
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Lalila, to the Ferengi Lover
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On the City Wall
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Love Lightly
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No Rival Like the Past
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Verse by Taj Mahomed
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Lines by Taj Mahomed
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There is no Breeze to Cool the Heat of Love
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Malay Song
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The Temple Dancing Girl
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Hira-Singh's Farewell to Burmah
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Starlight
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Sampan Song
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Song of the Devoted Slave
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The Singer
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Malaria
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Fancy
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Feroza
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This Month the Almonds Bloom at Kandahar
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This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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