Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?

She left for India in 1881 to join her father. Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory) (9 April 1865-4 October 1904) was an English poet who wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope. Her sisters Annie Sophie Cory and Isabel Cory also pursued writing careers: Annie wrote popular racy novels under the pseudonym "Victoria Cross" while Isabel assisted and then succeeded their father as editor of the Sind Gazette.