Shakespeare




Sonnet 136

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 reckoned 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 lovest me for my name is 'Will.'