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Adela Florence Nicolson Quotes

English poet (1865–1904)

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

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Alternative Names: Adela Cory • Laurence Hope • Adela Cory Nicolson • Violet Nicolson • Adela Florence Cory

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I would have rather felt you round my throat
Crushing out life, than waving me farewell!

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Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel,
Less than the rust that never stained thy sword,

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Less than the weed that grows beside thy door

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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?

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