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The Golden Threshold

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PALANQUIN BEARERS

WANDERING SINGERS (Written to one of their Tunes)

COROMANDEL FISHERS

THE SNAKE-CHARMER

IN PRAISE OF HENNA

INDIAN LOVE-SONG

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SONGS FOR MUSIC

SONG OF A DREAM

HUMAYUN TO ZOBEIDA (From the Urdu)

TO MY FAIRY FANCIES

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ODE TO H.H. THE NIZAM OF HYDERABAD (Presented at the Ramzan Durbar)

PAST AND FUTURE

THE POET'S LOVE-SONG

TO THE GOD OF PAIN

THE SONG OF PRINCESS ZEB-UN-NISSA IN PRAISE OF HER OWN BEAUTY (From the Persian)

DAMAYANTE TO NALA IN THE HOUR OF EXILE (A fragment)

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THE QUEEN'S RIVAL

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THE POET TO DEATH

THE INDIAN GIPSY

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Jaya Surya, ætat 4

Padmaja, ætat 3

Ranadheera, ætat 2

Lilamani, ætat 1

THE PARDAH NASHIN

NIGHTFALL IN THE CITY OF HYDERABAD

THE ROYAL TOMBS OF GOLCONDA

TO A BUDDHA SEATED ON A LOTUS

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DEDICATED TO
EDMUND GOSSE
WHO FIRST SHOWED ME THE WAY
TO THE GOLDEN THRESHOLD

London, 1896 Hyderabad, 1905