The Golden Threshold
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About This Book
Sarojini Naidu was a remarkable woman. Known as the Nightingale of India, she started writing at the age of thirteen and throughout her life composed several volumes of poetry, writing many poems which are still famous to this day.As well as being a poet, Naidu was an activist and politician, campaigning for Indian independence and became the first Indian woman to attain the post of President of the Indian National Congress. This volume contains the beautiful 'Indian Love-Song', as well as many other moving verses. All of them give insight into the heart and mind of this hugely important and i...
Chapters (48)
- THE GOLDEN THRESHOLD
- WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ARTHUR SYMONS
- DEDICATED TO EDMUND GOSSE WHO FIRST SHOWED ME THE WAY TO THE GOLDEN THRESHOLD
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- FOLK SONGS PALANQUIN BEARERS
- WANDERING SINGERS
- INDIAN WEAVERS
- COROMANDEL FISHERS
- THE SNAKE-CHARMER
- CORN-GRINDERS
- VILLAGE-SONG
- IN PRAISE OF HENNA
- HARVEST HYMN
- INDIAN LOVE-SONG
- CRADLE-SONG
- SUTTEE
- SONGS FOR MUSIC
- SONG OF A DREAM
- HUMAYUN TO ZOBEIDA
- AUTUMN SONG
- ALABASTER
- ECSTASY
- TO MY FAIRY FANCIES
- POEMS
- LEILI
- IN THE FOREST
- PAST AND FUTURE
- LIFE
- THE POET'S LOVE-SONG
- TO THE GOD OF PAIN
- THE SONG OF PRINCESS ZEB-UN-NISSA IN PRAISE OF HER OWN BEAUTY
- INDIAN DANCERS
- MY DEAD DREAM
- DAMAYANTE TO NALA IN THE HOUR OF EXILE
- THE QUEEN'S RIVAL
- II
- III
- THE POET TO DEATH
- THE INDIAN GIPSY
- TO MY CHILDREN
- THE PARDAH NASHIN
- TO YOUTH
- NIGHTFALL IN THE CITY OF HYDERABAD
- STREET CRIES
- TO INDIA
- THE ROYAL TOMBS OF GOLCONDA
- TO A BUDDHA SEATED ON A LOTUS
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