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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died 1616. Called 'The Bard of Avon', this English poet and playwright wrote over 100 Sonnets and a number of immortal plays.
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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died 1616. Called 'The Bard of Avon', this English poet and playwright wrote over 100 Sonnets and a number of immortal plays.
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On Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
On Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds
On Sonnet 91: Some glory in their birth, some in their skill
On Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
On Sonnet 62: Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye
On Sonnet 20: A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted