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Coal-black is better than another hue In that it scorns to bear another hue For all the water in the ocean Can never turn the swan's black legs to white, Although she lave them hourly in the flood.

William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
Dramaturge
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Writer
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
Bard of Avon
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Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
Better
Bears
Hue
Never
Ocean
Swans
Turn
Scorn
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Flood
Water
Coal
White
Legs
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Black
Bear
Hourly
Another
Although
Swan

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