T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 192122. | | Song of Khan Zada | By Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) (18651904) |
| (From Indias Love Lyrics, 1902) |
| AS one may sip a Strangers Bowl | |
You gave yourself but not your soul. | |
I wonder, now that time has passed, | |
Where you will come to rest at last. | |
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You gave your beauty for an hour, | 5 |
I held it gently as a flower. | |
You wished to leave me, told me so, | |
I kissed your feet and let you go. | | |
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