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
you saw her fair, none else being by, Herself pois'd with herself in either eye; But in that crystal scales let there be weigh'd Your lady's love against some other maid That I will show you shining at this feast, And she shall scant show well that now seems best.
Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypres let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid.
Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim, When King Cophetua loved the beggar-maid!
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed...
Faint heart never won fair maid.
Good morrow, 'tis Saint Valentine's Day, All in the morn betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your valentine.
Silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible.
A maiden hath no tongue--but thought.
In maiden meditation, fancy free.
Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine.
You maid of hindering knot grass. You bead! You acorn!
I am your wife if you will marry me. If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow You may deny me, but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame,No touch of bashfulness?