by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
White his shroud as the mountain snow
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Language: English
White his shroud as the mountain snow, Larded with sweet flowers; Which bewept to the grave did go With true-love showers.
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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.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Hamlet [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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