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This line is written by William Shakespeare in his play 'Julius Caesar' (Act 2, Scene 2). Caesar speaks it: 'Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.'
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was known to be addicted to opium (laudanum), which influenced some of his imagery, most notably in 'Kubla Khan'.
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This quote is from 'Julius Caesar'. Caesar says this to Calpurnia to dismiss her fears about the omens predicting his death.
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William Wordsworth and S.T. Coleridge are considered the pioneers of the Romantic movement in English literature, notably with their joint publication 'Lyrical Ballads' (1798).
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'The Comedy of Errors' is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is a farcical comedy involving two sets of identical twins.
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's 'Bhrantibilas' is a Bengali adaptation of William Shakespeare's play 'The Comedy of Errors'.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley is a major Romantic poet, known for his lyrical and long-form verse. He is often called a 'Romantic poet' or the 'Revolutionary poet'.
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This line is from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' (Act 5, Scene 2). Hamlet says it to Horatio, acknowledging that fate or God guides human destiny regardless of their plans.
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These are the famous closing lines of 'Ode to the West Wind' by Percy Bysshe Shelley, expressing hope for renewal after a period of darkness.
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This famous monologue (The Seven Ages of Man) is spoken by the character Jaques in Shakespeare's comedy 'As You Like It' (Act 2, Scene 7).