First published in 1905, "The Golden Threshold" is a beautiful collection of Indic poetry by activist and poet Sarojini Naidu (1879- 1949). Contents include: "Folk Songs", "Songs for Music", and "Poems". Naidu was a staunch proponent of women's emancipation, civil rights, and anti-imperialistic ideas, playing an important role in India's struggle for independence from colonial rule. Her work as a poet includes both children's poems and others written on more serious themes including patriotism, romance, and tragedy, earning her the sobriquet "Nightingale of India". Her most famous work is "In the Bazaars of Hyderabad" (1912), which remains widely read to this day. Other notable works by this author include: "The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death & the Spring" (1912) and "Muhammad Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity" (1919). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter from 'Studies of Contemporary Poets' by Mary C. Sturgeon.

• 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
  • THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE