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Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages. Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
Dramaturge
Playwright
Poet
Stage Actor
Writer
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
Bard of Avon
Shakespere
Shakespear
Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
Death
Thou
Worldly
Rages
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Tasks
Wages
Winters
Home
Sun
Heat
Chimney
Come
Girls
Rage
Chimneys
Done
Dying
Task
Lad
Must
Gone
Dust
Impermanence
Girl
Golden
Hast
Sweepers
Fear
Winter
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Lads

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