The kindred nature and the needed mind,
The mate by long conspiracy designed;
The flower to plant in sanctuary ground."
—George Meredith.
NOTE.
My thanks are due to Herr Sigurd Hals (Christiania) for permission to use from his Hals-Album the Norwegian folk-songs: "Aagot's Mountain-song;" "Astri, my Astri;" "Home from the Saeter."
And to Herr Wilhelm Hansen (Copenhagen) for permission to use from his Danmark's melodie bog the Danish song, "Thou who hast sorrow in thy heart."
And to Herr Abraham Lundquist (Stockholm) for permission to use from his Svenska Folkvisor the Swedish song, "At daytime when I'm working."
BEATRICE HARRADEN.
Hampstead, Oct., 1903.