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The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree,
Sing all a green willow;
Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee,
Sing willow, willow, willow. - William Shakespeare Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Desdemona, in Othello, act 4, sc. 3, l. 40-3. Reworking an old song, Shakespeare changed the sex of the lover to suit Desdemona’s sense of being forsaken.

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• As You Like It
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• Henry IV, Part II
• Henry IV, Part One
• Henry V
• Henry VI, Part 1
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• Henry VI, Part 3
• Henry VIII
• Julius Caesar
• King John
• King Lear
• Love's Labor's Lost
• Macbeth
• Measure for Measure
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Othello
• Pericles, Prince of Tyre
• Richard II
• Richard III
• Romeo and Juliet
• Sonnet 19
• Sonnet 29
• Sonnets
• The Comedy of Errors
• The Merchant of Venice
• The Merry Wives of Windsor
• The Taming of the Shrew
• The Tempest
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• The Winter's Tale
• Timon of Athens
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