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
And when love speaks, the voice of all the godsMakes heaven drowsy with the harmony.
Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such fantastic tricks before high heaven as make the angels weep
The benediction of these covering heavens Fall on their heads like dew, for they are worthy To inlay heaven with stars.
Thus can the demigod Authority Make us pay down for our offense by weight The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will, On whom it will not, so: yet still 'tis just.
And how his audit stands who knows, save Heaven?
O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple Hell?
O, then, what graces in my love do dwell, that he hath turn'd a heaven unto hell
By heaven, I do love: and it hath taught me to rhyme, and to be mekancholy.
Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge, That no king can corrupt.
Ay, Much is the force of heaven-bred poesy.
The force of his own merit makes his way-a gift that heaven gives for him.
Patch up thine old body for heaven.
As there comes light from heaven and words from breath, As there is sense in truth and truth in virtue
'By heaven, that thou art fair, is most infallible true, that thou art beauteous truth itself, that thou art lovely. More fairer than fair, beautiful than beauteous, truer than truth itself, have commiseration on thy heroical vassal.