Part of a famous Shakespearean soliloquy from Hamlet goes like this:
To sleep, perchance to Dream; aye, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes Calamity of so long life:
Some experts suggest that the practice of placing flowers on gravesites has been around for thousands of years. The tradition possibly started to mark the burial sites of noteworthy individuals and it was also used in Ancient Rome to create a comforting environment in which the deceased’s spirit could wander around the grave.