English poem
Sonnet 136: If thy soul check thee that I come so near
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.'
More by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 132: Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me
- Sonnet 133: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
- Sonnet 134: So, now I have confess'd that he is thine
- Sonnet 135: Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy 'Will,'
- Sonnet 137: Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes
- Sonnet 138: When my love swears that she is made of truth
- Sonnet 139: O! call not me to justify the wrong
- Sonnet 13: O! that you were your self; but, love you are