by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

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.
Oho! Oho! Nay, but ... mark

These 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.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
  • sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-24
Line count: 4
Word count: 24