William Shakespeare Home Poems Poets William Shakespeare Poems Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? by William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: All the world's a stage by William Shakespeare All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; Sonnet 29: When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes by William Shakespeare When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, References William Shakespeare Birthplace Trust