Happy Birthday, Mr. Shakespeare

23rd April

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Today is Shakespeare’s birthday
The greatest playwright ever,
To write those stories all in verse
Is surely very clever.

We might not understand it all,
T’was writ in ancient time,
Those cadences and wondrous words
Will always sound sublime.

Shylock — what a character;
Macbeth, the witches’ whore;
King Henry’s speech will rouse your soul
And gird your loins for war.

The Bard was born and died this day
In Stratford upon Avon,
While men can breathe or eyes can see
His words won’t be forsaken.