47); in "The Swan Bent Low to the Lily," "A Maid Sings Light," and "Long Ago" (op.

56); and in the delectable "To the Golden Rod," from his last song group (op.

60).

This is music of blithe and captivating allurement, of grave or riant tenderness, of compelling fascination; and in it, the word and the tone are ideally mated.

Yet even in others of his songs in which they do not so invariably correspond, one must acknowledge gladly the beauty and freshness of the music itself: such music as he has given us in "Constancy" (op.