John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4382 Thomas Pery 1729-1811 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4382 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Percy (1729–1811) |
| QUOTATION: | O Lady, he is dead and gone! Lady, he ’s dead and gone! And at his head a green grass turfe, And at his heels a stone. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Friar of Orders Gray. |
| Note 1. Quoted in “Hamlet,” act iv. sc. 3. [back] |