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{{Composer|Thomas Weelkes}}
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'''Number of voices:''' 3vv&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Voicing:''' SAT or ATB<br>
'''Number of voices:''' 3vv &nbsp; '''Voicing:''' SAT or ATB<br>
{{Genre|Secular|Madrigals}}
{{Genre|Secular|Madrigals}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}

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General Information

Title: Cease sorrows now
Composer: Thomas Weelkes

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAT or ATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Madrigals to 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices (London, 1597)

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Original text and translations

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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.