William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Song in Hamlet. Robert Bridges, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology

Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.

Song in Hamlet

William Shakespeare (1564–1616)


HOW 1 should I your true love know
From another one?
By his cockle hat and staff,
And his sandal shoon.

He is dead and gone, lady,	5
He is dead and gone;
At his head a grass-green turf,
At his heels a stone.

White his shroud as the mountain snow,
Larded all with sweet flowers,	10
Which bewept to the grave did go
With true-love showers.

Note 1. Shakespeare. Song in ‘Hamlet’. [back]