" This author's fifty-fifth sonnet declares "Not marble, or the gilded monuments /
The speaker of one of this author's poems compares himself to "bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang." This author's fifty-fifth sonnet declares "Not marble, or the gilded monuments / Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme." Other of this poet's one hundred and fifty four sonnets admit that the speaker's mistress is "nothing like the sun" and ask "shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" For 10 points, name this English author of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The speaker of one of this author's poems compares himself to "bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
William {Shakespeare}