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 by that destiny to perform an act Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come In yours and my discharge.
Good wombs have borne bad sons." -- (Miranda, I:2)
Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.
You taught me language, and my profit on't / Is, I know how to curse
As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free.
This thing of darkness I Acknowledge mine.
A pox o’ your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!
What showers arise, blown with the windy tempest of my heart
Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.
...lest too light winning make the prize light.
The fringed curtains of thine eye advance, And say what thou seest yond.
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises.
Some kinds of baseness are nobly undergone.
Fill all thy bones with aches.