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 spoken of the infectious melody, whose notes suggest the very spirit of the Indian flute. In the use of the refrain and other devices, the songs of betray an exuberant delight in lyric art; they depend on music, and the music tempts him to a more rapid flight in his invocations and love passages.

In the fifth song the flute itself brings the verse to its climax and gives the refrain:

From this song and refrain we can imagine with what swaying movement and lightness of step the music leads the original Indian words to their melody. In these versions the pattern on the page often looks definite as that of any