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1、THEGOLDENTHRESHOLDTHEGOLDENTHRESHOLDBySarojiniNaidu1THEGOLDENTHRESHOLDINTRODUCTIONItisatmypersuasionthatthesepoemsarenowpublished.TheearliestofthemwerereadtomeinLondonin1896,whenthewriterwasseventeen;thelateronesweresenttomefromIndiain1904,whenshewast
2、wenty-five;andtheybelong,Ithink,almostwhollytothosetwoperiods.Astheyseemedtometohaveanindividualbeautyoftheirown,Ithoughttheyoughttobepublished.Thewriterhesitated."Yourlettermademeveryproudandverysad,"shewrote."IsitpossiblethatIhavewrittenversesthatar
3、e'filledwithbeauty,'andisitpossiblethatyoureallythinkthemworthyofbeinggiventotheworld?YouknowhowhighmyidealofArtis;andtomemypoorcasuallittlepoemsseemtobelessthanbeautiful--ImeanwiththatfinalenduringbeautythatIdesire."And,inanotherletter,shewrites:"Iam
4、notapoetreally.Ihavethevisionandthedesire,butnotthevoice.IfIcouldwritejustonepoemfullofbeautyandthespiritofgreatness,Ishouldbeexultantlysilentforever;butIsingjustasthebirdsdo,andmysongsareasephemeral."Itisforthisbird-likequalityofsong,itseemstome,that
5、theyaretobevalued.Theyhint,inasortofdelicatelyevasiveway,atararetemperament,thetemperamentofawomanoftheEast,findingexpressionthroughaWesternlanguageandunderpartlyWesterninfluences.Theydonotexpressthewholeofthattemperament;buttheyexpress,Ithink,itsesse
6、nce;andthereisanEasternmagicinthem.SarojiniChattopadhyaywasbornatHyderabadonFebruary13,1879.Herfather,Dr.AghorenathChattopadhyay,isdescendedfromtheancientfamilyofChattorajesofBhramangram,whowerenotedthroughoutEasternBengalaspatronsofSanskritlearning,a
7、ndfortheirpracticeofYoga.HetookhisdegreeofDoctorofScienceattheUniversityofEdinburghin1877,andafterwardsstudiedbrilliantlyatBonn.OnhisreturntoIndiahefoundedtheNizamCollegeatHyderabad,andhassincelabouredincessantly,andatgreatpersonalsacrifice,inthecause
8、ofeducation.Sarojiniwastheeldestofalargefamily,allofwhomweretaughtEnglishatanearlyage."I,"shewrites,"wasstubbornandrefusedto2THEGOLDENTHRESHOLDspeakit.SoonedaywhenIwasnineyearsoldmyfatherpunishedme--theonlytimeIwaseverpunished--byshuttingmeina
