In its first print in 1657, the poem appeared with a melody  with basso continuo by the composer Georg Joseph from Breslau which supports the bucolic character of the poetry by a triple time, and following the stresses of the first stanza.
The poem is in bar form, but the melody does not repeat the beginning lines.
It hides the shorter final line by an expressive melisma.

The text was also sung with other melodies, such as a tune  published in the hymnal Harmonischer Liederschatz (Harmonic treasure of songs) in 1738 by Johann Balthasar König, a melody that was preferred in Protestant hymnals.
In its first print in 1657, the poem appeared with a melody  with basso continuo by the composer Georg Joseph from Breslau which supports the bucolic character of the poetry by a triple time, and following the stresses of the first stanza. The poem is in bar form, but the melody does not repeat the beginning lines. It hides the shorter final line by an expressive melisma.
The text was also sung with other melodies, such as a tune  published in the hymnal Harmonischer Liederschatz (Harmonic treasure of songs) in 1738 by Johann Balthasar König, a melody that was preferred in Protestant hymnals.
Ich will dich lieben, meine Stärke