L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato, HWV 55: Sweet Bird (Andante)

Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly,
Most musical, most melancholy!
Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among,
I woo to hear thy evensong.
Or, missing thee, I walk unseen,
On the dry smoothshaven green,
To behold the wand'ring moon
Riding near her highest noon.
Sweet bird ...  da capo