The piece “Weep you no more” from Seven Elizabethan Songs, Op. 12 by Roger Quilter is from the Elizabethan era. Roger Quilter was an English composer and came from a wealthy family. The lyrics of the song come from a poem of an unknown source. Without a known author, the poem is left up to the interpretation of the performer. The poem has a certain rhythm when performed, and that rhythm is transferred into the rhythmic pattern of the lyrics. There are multiple metaphors which can be found in the lyrics. For example, the lyrics, “Weep you no more, sad fountains; what need you flow so fast?” mm. 3-6 stands for people crying and feeling sadness. The song goes on to discuss accepting death as peaceful. The message behind the song seems to
