William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Sonnet CXXXVI
If thy soul
check thee that I come so near,
Swear to thy blind
soul that I was thy 'Will',
And will, thy soul
knows, is admitted there;
Thus far for love,
my love-suit, sweet, fulfil.
'Will', will fulfil
the treasure of thy love,
Ay, fill it full with
wills, and my will one.
In things of great
receipt with ease we prove
Among a number one
is reckon'd none:
Then in the number
let me pass untold,
Though in thy store's
account I one must be;
For nothing hold me,
so it please thee hold
That nothing me, a
something sweet to thee:
Make but my name thy love, and love that still,
And then thou lov'st me for my name is 'Will.'
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