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Sonnet 136 in the 1609 Quarto  | 
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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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—William Shakespeare | 
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Sonnet 136 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.