Act 4
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OPHELIA
20Where is the beauteous majesty of Denmark?
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OPHELIA
Where is the beautiful queen of Denmark?
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GERTRUDE
How now, Ophelia?
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GERTRUDE
What are you doing, Ophelia?
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OPHELIA
(sings)
How should I your true love
know
From another
one?
By his cockle hat and
staff,
And his sandal
shoon.
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OPHELIA
(sings)
How can you tell the
difference
Between your true
lover and some other?
Your true one wears a
pilgrim’s hat
And a
pilgrim’s sandals and staff.
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GERTRUDE
Alas, sweet lady, what imports this song?
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GERTRUDE
Oh heavens, what does that song mean, my dear?
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OPHELIA
Say you? Nay, pray you, mark.
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(sings)
He is dead and gone,
lady,
He is dead and
gone,
At his head a grass-green
turf,
At his heels a
stone.
Oh, ho!
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OPHELIA
I’m sorry, did you say something? Please just listen.
(sings)
He is dead and gone,
lady,
He is dead and
gone.
At his head is a patch of green
grass,
And at his feet
there is a tomb stone.
Oh, ho!
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GERTRUDE
Nay, but, Ophelia—
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GERTRUDE
No, Ophelia—
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OPHELIA
Pray you, mark.
(sings)
White his shroud as the
mountain snow—
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OPHELIA
Just listen, please.
(sings)
His death shroud was as white
as snow—
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Enter CLAUDIUS
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CLAUDIUS enters.
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GERTRUDE
30Alas, look here, my lord.
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GERTRUDE
My lord, look at this poor girl.
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OPHELIA
(sings)
Larded all with
sweet flowers,
Which bewept to the ground did
not go
With true-love
showers.
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OPHELIA
(sings)
Covered with sweet
flowers
Which did not fall to the
ground
In true-love
showers.
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