William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare – 23 April 1616) 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 works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth23 April 1564
He wears the rose Of youth upon him.
The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose.
Then will I raise aloft the milk-white rose. For whose sweet smell the air shall be perfumed.
And I will make it felony to drink small beer.
Blessings of your heart, you brew good ale.
Would I were in an alehouse in London.
My crown is in my heart, not on my head.
I am not merry, but I do beguile the thing I am by seeming otherwise.
As many arrows, loosed several ways, come to one mark...so many a thousand actions, once afoot, end in one purpose.
Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.
I have touched the highest point of all my greatness.
My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand.
Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn.
Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep'st so sound.