From L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part I, Il Penseroso
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
D major |
Meter |
4/4 |
Tempo |
Andante |
Structure |
dal segno |
Length |
94 measures |
English text |
|---|
Soprano |
Sweet bird, that shun’st the noise of folly, |
Most musical, most melancholy! |
Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among, |
I woo to hear thy even-song. |
Or, missing thee, I walk unseen, |
On the dry smooth-shaven green, |
To behold the wand’ring moon |
Riding near her highest noon. |
Sweet bird… |
Opera Stanford |
Based on the poetry of John Milton
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