by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
He is dead and gone, lady
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Language: English
Our translations: ITA
He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone; At his head a grass green turf, At his heels a stone.
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View text with all available footnotesThese words are sung by Ophelia in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5, but they are probably not by Shakespeare.
Quoted in Rhian Samuel's The Gaze.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-24
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Word count: 24