| Return to Shakespeare's Sonnet 136 |
1. If thy soul check thee that I come so near: If your soul restrains you that I come so near (the truth in Sonnet 135). check: to restrain, control.
5. fulfil the treasure: fill full the treasury.
7. receipt: capacity.
8. one is reckon'd none: playing on the common saying, "One is no number."
9. untold: uncounted.
10. stores' account: inventory (of lovers).
12. a something sweet to thee: The poet reminds his mistress that she once held him dear.
13. still: always.