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Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets (Completed )

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Shakespeare's Sonnets is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets by William Shakespeare, which covers themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man; the last 28 to a woman. The so...

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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 case 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 lov'st me for my name is Will.