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The 8-page booklet enclosed with the CDs contains a biography of Adela Cory who wrote under the pseudonym 'Laurence Hope'. She and her sisters were respected authors of their day and their writings inspired the beginnings of the women's movement and the Suffragettes.
When it was realised that the author 'Laurence Hope' was a woman, there was much speculation about her personal life - some, no doubt, encouraged by her publisher to increase sales of her already best-selling books. More recently Adela Cory's life has been the subject of research and a different, but no less interesting, picture has emerged.
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1 "Less than the Dust" 2 "To the Unattainable" 3 "In the Early, Pearly Morning"; Song by Valgovind 4 Reverie of Mahomed Akram at the Tamarind Tank 5 Verses 6 Song of Khan Zada 7 The Teak Forest 8 Valgovind's Boat Song 9 Kashmiri Song by Juma 10 Zira: in Captivity 11 Marriage Thoughts: by Morsellin Kahn 12 To the Unattainable: Lament of Mahomed Akram 13 Mahomed Akram's Appeal to the Stars 14 Reminisence of Mahomed Akram 15 Story by Lalla-ji, the Priest 16 Request 17 Story of Udaipore: Told by Lalla-ji, the Priest 18 Valgovind's Song in the Spring 19 Youth 20 When Love is Over: Song of Kahn Zada 21 "Golden Eyes" 22 Kotri, by the River 23 Farewell 24 Afridi Love 25 ,Yasmini 26 Ojira, to her Lover 27 Thoughts: Mahomed Akram 28 Prayer 29 The Aloe 30 Memory 31 The First Lover 32 Kahn Zada's Song on the hillside 33 Deserted Gipsy's Song: Hillside Camp 34 The Plains |
1 "Lost Delight": After the Hazara War 2 Unforgotten 3 Song of Faiz Ulla 4 Story of Lilavanti 5 The Garden by the Bridge 6 Fate Knows no Tears 7 Verses: Faiz Ulla 8 Two Songs by Sitara of Kashmir 9 Second Song: The Girl from Baltisan 10 Palm Trees by the Sea 11 Song by Gulbaz 12 Kashmiri Song 13 Reverie of Ormuz the Persian 14 Sunstroke 15 ,Adoration 16, Three Songs of Zahir-u-Din 17 Second Song 18 Third Song, written during Fever 19 The Regret of Ranee in the Hall of Peacocks 20 Protest: by Zahir-u-Din 21 Famine Song |
1 The Window Overlooking the Harbour 2 Back to the Border 3 Reverie: Zahir-u-Din 4 Sea Song 5 To the Hills ! 6 Till I Wake 7 His Rubies: Told by Valgovind 8 Song of Taj Mahomed 9 The Garden of Kama: Kama the Indian Eros 10 Camp Follower's Song, Gomal River 11 Song of the Colours: by Taj Mahomed 12 Lalila, to the Ferengi Lover 13 On the City Wall 14 "Love Lightly" 15 No Rival like the Past 16 Verse by Taj Mahomed 17 Lines by Taj Mahomed 18 There is no Breeze to Cool the Heat of Love 19 Malay Song 20 The Temple Dancing Girl 21 Hirah Singh's Farewell to Burmah 22 Starlight 23 Sampan Song 24 Song of the Devoted Slave 25 The Singer 26 Malaria 27 Fancy 28 Feroza 29 This Month the Almonds Bloom at Kandahar |
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by 'Laurence Hope'
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?
Oh, pale dispensers of my Joys and Pains, Holding the doors of Heaven and of Hell, How the hot blood rushed wildly through the veins Beneath your touch, until you waved farewell.
Pale hands, pink tipped, like Lotus buds that float On those cool waters where we used to dwell, I would have rather felt you round my throat Crushing out life; than waving me farewell!
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