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If the boy have not a woman's gift To rain a shower of commanded tears, An onion will do well for such a shift.

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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
Rain
Gift
Tears
Onion
Boys
Commanded
Woman
Onions
Wells
Shower
Well
Showers
Shift

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