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Death hath deprived me of my dearest friend, | Death hath deprived me of my dearest friend, | ||
My dearest friend is dead and laid in grave, | My dearest friend is dead and laid in grave, | ||
In grave he rests until the world shall end | |||
As end must all things have. | As end must all things have. | ||
All things must have an end that Nature wrought, | All things must have an end that Nature wrought, | ||
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Title: Death hath deprived me
Composer: Thomas Weelkes
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATBB
or SSAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal, Lament
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Ayres or Phantasticke Sprits for Three Voices (London, 1608)
Description: Elegy for Thomas Morley
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Original text and translations
English text
Death hath deprived me of my dearest friend,
My dearest friend is dead and laid in grave,
In grave he rests until the world shall end
As end must all things have.
All things must have an end that Nature wrought,
Must unto dust be brought.