William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare is the greatest playwright -- some would say the greatest writer, period -- in the English language.
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Composition Highlights

Title Year Avg. Duration Genre
My love is as a fever longing still (Sonnet 147) 00:57 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes (Sonnet 29) 01:07 Miscellaneous (Classical)
Is it thy will thy image should keep open (Sonnet 61) 01:17 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore (Sonnet 60) 01:08 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
That time of year thou mayst in me behold (Sonnet 73) 01:08 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame (Sonnet 129) 01:11 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
The Merchant of Venice, play 00:48 Miscellaneous (Classical)
Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing (Sonnet 87) 01:16 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116) 01:02 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea (Sonnet 65) 01:17 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
What potions have I drunk of Siren tears (Sonnet 119) 01:09 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
Orpheus with his lute, poem from "Henry VIII" 1613 00:42 Miscellaneous (Classical)
Two loves I have of comfort and despair (Sonnet 144) 01:01 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
A woman's face with nature's own hand painted (Sonnet 20) 00:51 Miscellaneous (Classical)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18) 01:08 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
Alas 'tis true, I have gone here and there (Sonnet 110) 01:06 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought (Sonnet 30) 01:12 Miscellaneous (Classical)
Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now (Sonnet 90) 01:09 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
Epithalamium, for tenor, violin & tubular bell 1991 01:57 Vocal Music
Some glory in their birth, some in their skill (Sonnet 91) 01:23 Miscellaneous (Classical) Spoken Word
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