(26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616 / Warwickshire)

poet William Shakespeare
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Dirge of the Three Queens

URNS and odours bring away!
   Vapours, sighs, darken the day!
Our dole more deadly looks than dying;
   Balms and gums and heavy cheers,
   Sacred vials fill'd with tears,
And clamours through the wild air flying!

   Come, all sad and solemn shows,
   That are quick-eyed Pleasure's foes!
   We convent naught else but woes.

Submitted: Saturday, January 04, 2003


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  • * Sunprincess * (10/6/2012 3:22:00 AM)

    Alot of tears shed for those three queens,
    enough to fill sacred vials..excellent write.. :)

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  • Kalyani Reddy (4/30/2012 10:53:00 PM)

    Come, all sad and solemn shows,
    awesome

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  • Ciarli Ling (4/14/2012 4:27:00 AM)

    Strong feelings expressed in the England fog of those days, but the Queens of England, the heavy and big Ladies, always appear in the England sky! A Pure feelings Poem.

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  • Emily Madden (1/25/2009 2:26:00 PM)

    William shakespeare is my hero. He inspire me to start writing poetry.

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