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
Death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!
Crack'd in pieces by malignant Death.
Death is my son-in-law, death is my heir.
Death lies on her like an untimely frost.
So shalt thou feed on Death, that feeds on men.
Though Death be poor, it ends a mortal woe.
O Death, made proud with pure and princely beauty!
When that churl Death my bones with dust shall cover.
Ay, but to die, and go we know not where.
Thou ominous and fearful owl of death.
Whose heart the accustom'd sight of death makes hard.
Dream on, dream on, of bloody deeds and death.
Speak me fair in death.
Why, thou owest god a death.