Caroline MacPhie and Joseph Middleton perform Elizabeth Maconchy's 'Ophelia's Song', from the CD recording Love said to me... (Stone Records).
Text
Ophelia's Song
English source:
William Shakespeare
From another one?
By his cockle hat and staff,
And his sandal shoon.
He is dead and gone, lady,
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 with sweet flowers;
Which bewept to the grave did go
With true-love showers.
Hamlet (Act IV, Scene 5)
Composer
Elizabeth Maconchy
Study event exploring the life and work of Elizabeth Maconchy. Filmed in March 2022 by TallWall Media. COMPOSER BIOGRAPHY Elizabeth Maconchy was born in Hertfordshire, England, but raised near Dublin, Ireland, before moving to London aged…
Poet
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant…