William Shakespeare
Sir Francis Bacon
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
Christopher Marlowe
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
A mixture of the above
Other(s)
William Shakespeare, who might have set other writers' words to verse on occasion (as with Holinshed) but who probably authored 95% or more of what was published himself. I base that on no expertise whatsoever.
Shakespeare's sonnets or the following three plays: Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado about Nothing, and All's Well That Ends Well?
Note: Had Johnson been re-elected for a second full term, he would have only survived it by 2 days, as he died on the 22nd January 1973 - 2 days after the inauguration (20th January 1973)
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