" The Sande of Dee :" the poetry by the
Reverend Charles Kingsley ; the music composed by M. W. Balfe. " Lore_sne little, lore me long ;" Song, by George Linley.
The Reverend Mr. Kingsley's melancholy song has received music from more than one composer, but no one has been so successful as Mr. Balfe in seizing the wild and mournful pathos of the verses. The mu- sician, too, will be struck with the very original construction of the air, so finely adapted to the expressive recitation of the words, seemingly al- together free from the trammels of music. Mr. Linley's "Love me little, love me long," is one of the hap- piest productions of this prolific and agreeable writer. The melody is as simple as possible—one of those things, apparently, which one might hum to one's self without art or premeditation. But it is art shown in the concealment of art : for it is anything but commonplace, and is, in- deed, one of those fortunate thoughts which even the greatest artist cannot always command.
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