Cease sorrows now,
for you have done the deed,
lo care hath now consum'd
my carcase quite,
no hope is left
nor help can stand instead,
for doleful death
doth cut off pleasure quite,
yet whilst I hear
the knolling of the bell,
before I die,
I'll sing my faint farewell,
farewell.
More verses by Thomas Weelkes
- Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints Above
- Thule, The Period Of Cosmography
- Tomorrow Is The Marriage Day
- The Ape, The Monkey, And Baboon
- Come Sirrah Jack Ho