by Sarojini Naidu · 1905
Poetry · Classics
The first book of poems by Sarojini Naidu, the "Nightingale of India": songs of Hyderabad's bazaars, weddings and seasons.
Content note: Written long ago, this book reflects the views and language of its time.
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Golden Threshold, by Sarojini Naidu
Produced by Judith Boss.
THE GOLDEN THRESHOLD
BY
SAROJINI NAIDU
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ARTHUR SYMONS
DEDICATED TO EDMUND GOSSE WHO FIRST SHOWED ME THE WAY TO THE GOLDEN THRESHOLD
London, 1896 Hyderabad, 1905
CONTENTS
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
Ode to H. H. the Nizam of Hyderabad
In the Forest
Past and Future Life
The Poet's Love-Song
To the God of Pain
The Song of Princess Zeb-un-nissa
Indian Dancers
My Dead Dream
Damayante to Nala in the Hour of Exile
The Queen's Rival
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
INTRODUCTION
It is at my persuasion that these poems are now published.
