A poem by Violet Nicolson, Lawrence Hope, Adela Florence Cory Nicolson (1865 – 1904)
Oh, that my blood were water, thou athirst,
And thou and I in some far Desert land,
How would I shed it gladly, if but first
It touched thy lips, before it reached the sand.
Once,–Ah, the Gods were good to me,–I threw
Myself upon a poison snake, that crept
Where my Beloved–a lesser love we knew
Than this which now consumes me wholly–slept.
But thou; Alas, what can I do for thee?
By Fate, and thine own beauty, set above
The need of all or any aid from me,
Too high for service, as too far for love.

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Poems in English
- Жан де Лафонтен – Садовод и Помещик
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Пьяница и Жена его
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Предостережение богов Симониду
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Павлин, жалующийся Юноне
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Осел со священной ношей
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Осел и Собака
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Орел и Сова
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Орел, Дикая Свинья и Кошка
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Обезьяна и Дельфин
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Мужчина средних лет и его две Возлюбленные
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Мельник, Сын его и Осел
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Львиный указ
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Лисица, Мухи и Еж
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Лисица и Аист
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Лев, сраженный Человеком
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Лес и Дровосек
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Ласочка в амбаре
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Кошка, превращенная в женщину
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Карман
 - Жан де Лафонтен – Городская и полевая Крысы
 
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Violet Nicolson ( 1865 – 1904); otherwise known as Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory), was an English poetess who wrote under the pseudonym of Laurence Hope, however she became known as Violet Nicolson. In the early 1900s, she became a best-selling author. She committed suicide and is buried in Madras, now Chennai, India.