Sir William Davenant

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    “If I can wheedle
    A knife or a needle,
    Why not a Silver Churn?”
    Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    Pain with the thousand teeth.
    —Sir William Watson (1858–1935)

    In every grave make room, make room!
    The world’s at an end, and we come, we come.
    —Sir William Davenant (1606–1668)