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MUSIC

The God of Music dwelleth out of doors.
All seasons through his minstrelsy we meet,
Breathing by field and covert haunting-sweet;
From organ-lofts in forests old he pours
A solemn harmony; on leafy floors
To smooth Autumnal pipes he moves his feet,
Or with the tingling plectrum of the sleet
In Winter keen beats out his thrilling scores.
Leave me the reed unplucked beside the stream
And he will stoop and fill it with the breeze;
Leave me the viol's frame in secret trees,
Unwrought, and it shall make a druid theme;
Leave me the whispering shell on Nereid shores.
The God of Music dwelleth out of doors.

EDITH M. THOMAS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

"Three-Part Music" is the result of an effort to present a collection of songs and choruses which is so representative and significant that its use need not be restricted to any definite age or grade. In the preparation of this book, therefore, the editors have derived much benefit from the coöperation of a large group of educators, musicians, and authors.

They are under particular obligations to Miss Helen S. Leavitt, who has given valuable assistance in musical contribution and research, as well as in literary criticism and investigation.

They are grateful to Mr. Robert Hillyer, Dr. Denis A. McCarthy, Miss Abbie Farwell Brown, and others who have provided poems not only of high literary merit but also poems which are lyrical and adapted to musical treatment.

They also wish to thank the larger group who by encouragement and definite suggestions have made this collection more valuable and effective.

Acknowledgment is due to Houghton Mifflin Company for permission to use "Music," by Edith M. Thomas, "Indian Summer," by John G. Whittier, and "Robin's Rain Song," by Celia Thaxter; to Little, Brown & Company for permission to use "Chartless," by Emily Dickinson; to The Century Company for permission to use "Robin, Good-by," by S. M. Chatfield; to Theodore Presser and Company for permission to use "My Lady" and "Go, Lovely Rose," by W. H. Neidlinger; to Mr. Folger McKinsey for permission to use "Autumn"; to Ed. Bote and Bock for permission to use "The Wanderer's Song," music by Volkmar Andreae and English version by Frederick Martens; to Frederick A. Stokes Company for "The Call of Spring," words from "The Call of Spring" in Collected Poems, Volume II, by Alfred Noyes. Used by Permission of Frederick A. Stokes Company, copyright, 1913.