Death hath deprived me (Thomas Weelkes)

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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.