Death hath deprived me (Thomas Weelkes)

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General Information

Title: Death hath deprived me
Composer: Thomas Weelkes

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATBB, or SSAATB
Genre: SecularMadrigalLament

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1608 in Ayres or Phantasticke Spirits for Three Voices, no. 26
Description: Elegy for Thomas Morley

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Original text and translations

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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.