Cease sorrows now

Thomas Weelkes

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.