I shall go the way of the open sea, to the lands I knew before you came, and the cool ocean breezes shall blow from me the memory of your name.

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.