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William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He is one of the world's most highly esteemed writers, and is thought to be the most quoted author in history, second only to the Bible. His plays and poems have been studied, analyzed, read, and loved for centuries.

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Top 5 Poems

1	Sonnet 29
2	All the Worlds a Stage
3	A Fairy Song
4	A Lovers Complaint
5	Sonnet 71

All Poems

A Fairy Song

A Lovers Complaint

All the Worlds a Stage

Aubade

Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind

Carpe Diem

Dirge of the Three Queens

Fidele

from Venus and Adonis

From you have I been absent in the spring... (Sonnet 98)

Hark! Hark! The Lark

It was a Lover and his Lass

My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130)

Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck (Sonnet 14)

Not marble nor the guilded monuments (Sonnet 55)

Orpheus with his Lute Made Trees

Shall I compare thee to a summers day? (Sonnet 18 XVIII)

Sigh No More

Silvia

Sonet LIV

Sonnet 1: From fairest creatures we desire increase

Sonnet 10: For shame deny that thou bearst love to any

Sonnet 100: Where art thou Muse that thou forgetst so long

Sonnet 101: O truant Muse what shall be thy amends

Sonnet 102: My love is strengthened though more weak in seeming

Sonnet 103: Alack what poverty my Muse brings forth

Sonnet 104: To me fair friend you never can be old

Sonnet 105: Let not my love be called idolatry

Sonnet 106: When in the chronicle of wasted time

Sonnet 107: Not mine own fears nor the prophetic soul

Sonnet 108: Whats in the brain that ink may character

Sonnet 109: O never say that I was false of heart

Sonnet 11: As fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou growst

Sonnet 110: Alas tis true I have gone here and there

Sonnet 111: O for my sake do you with Fortune chide

Sonnet 112: Your love and pity doth th impression fill

Sonnet 113: Since I left you mine eye is in my mind

Sonnet 114: Or whether doth my mind being crowned with you

Sonnet 115: Those lines that I before have writ do lie

Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Sonnet 117: Accuse me thus: that I have scanted all

Sonnet 118: Like as to make our appetite more keen

Sonnet 119: What potions have I drunk of Siren tears

Sonnet 12: When I do count the clock that tells the time

Articles

Articles about William Shakespeare or articles that mention William Shakespeare.

About Me At A Glance

The Unforgettable Legacy of the World's Top 10 Famous Poets

Bing Chat AI Favorably Compares My Sonnet to Shakespeare’s Sonnets 18 and 130 (and Blows My Mind!)

Introducing Three New Sonnet Forms

My Changing Pen Name: And Why Pen Names Don't Mean Anything

Not All, A Few Are Poets

Most Famous Poems by William Shakespeare

A Reflective Reading of a Sonnet

Towards Deciphering an Enigma The Pied Piper of Hamelin

A Rose by Any Other Name: FLORILEGIUM

Quotes

Here are a few random quotes by William Shakespeare.

Quote Left Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.
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Quote Left If music be the food of love, play on. Music
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Quote Left We know each other's faces; for our hearts, He knows no more of mine than I of yours, Or I of his, my lord, than you of mine.
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Quote Left 'Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age,...
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Quote Left Alas, poor Yorick I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy...
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