Editorial note: Laurence Hope was the pen name of Adela Florence Cory
Nicolson. Born in 1865, she was educated in England.
At age 16 she joined her father in India, where she
spent most of her adult life. In 1889 she married Col.
Malcolm H. Nicolson, a man twice her age. She committed
suicide two months after his death in 1904.







INDIA'S LOVE LYRICS

by LAURENCE HOPE







"Less than the Dust"

Less than the dust, beneath thy Chariot wheel,
Less than the rust, that never stained thy Sword,
Less than the trust thou hast in me, O Lord,
Even less than these!