House of York Warwick himself changed sides, and supported Margaret of Anjou and the king's jealous brother George, Duke of Clarence, in briefly restoring Henry in 1470-71. However, Edward regained his throne, and the House of Lancaster was wiped out with the death of Henry VI himself, in the Tower of London in 1471. In 1478, the continued trouble caused by Clarence led to his execution in the Tower of London; popularly he is thought to have been drowned in a butt of malmsey wine. On Edward's death in 1483, the crown passed to his twelve-year-old son Edward. Edward IV's younger brother Richard,
Three Shakespeare Songs / As dreams are made on; and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep." The text of each song is derived from plays by William Shakespeare: The first song is a setting of Ariel's Song to Ferdinand from "The Tempest". It refers to Ferdinand's father — Alonso, King of Naples — who is presumed drowned in a shipwreck and whose body undergoes a magical transformation in the ocean depths. "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2: "Full fathom five thy father lies,Of his bones are coral made;Those are pearls that were his eyes:Nothing of him that doth fade,But doth