Hope, Laurence (1865–1904)

English poet. She wrote a number of passionate poems with an Eastern setting, some of which, such as ‘Pale Hands I loved beside the Shalimar’ were extremely popular as songs. Her volumes of verse include The Garden of Karma, Stars of the Desert, and Indian Love.

She was born in Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire. She married Col M H Nicolson of the Bengal Army and lived in India.