Michael East
 (c.1580 - 1648)

Life, tell me
 (S.S.A.T.T.B.)
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From the Third Set [of.... madrigals], London, 1610. Offered at original pitch for S.S.A.T.T.B. or transposed down a minor third for the same forces.
Lyrics: Anon, probably the composer

Life, tell me, what is the cause
Of each man's dying?
Careful grief mix'd with crying.
No, heart stay thee; let no such thought
Or care of mind dismay thee.
Tell me, life, how grief killeth,
Or how it woundeth,
When it so sore aboundeth.
Sweet heart content thee;
Thy cares are so great,
I can but lament thee.