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Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy 'Will,'
And 'Will' to boot, and 'Will' in over-plus;
More than enough am I that vex'd thee still,
To thy sweet will making addition thus.
Wilt thou, whose will is large and spacious,
Not once vouchsafe to hide my will in thine?
Shall will in others seem right gracious,
And in my will no fair acceptance shine?
The sea, all water, yet receives rain still,
And in abundance addeth to his store;
So thou, being rich in 'Will,' add to thy 'Will'
One will of mine, to make thy large will more.
Let no unkind 'No' fair beseechers kill;
Think all but one, and me in that one 'Will.'
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 135 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet CXXXV", 1864 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Aale Maria Tynni-Haavio (1913 - 1997) , no title, copyright © ; composed by Henrik Otto Donner.
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- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 135, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-08-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 116
Ha ogni donna voglie diverse, tu hai il tuo “Voglio” il tuo “non Voglio”, ed anche un “di più Voglio”; io, che sempre ti importuno, sono un “forse Voglio”, e alla folla dei tuoi “Voglio”in questo modo mi aggiungo. Vorrai mai tu, fra i tanti “Voglio” che possiedi, concedermi talvolta di accogliere un “ti Voglio” nel tuo cuore? Dovrà sempre qualche altro “Voglio” trovarti bendisposta e il “Voglio” che ti chiedo non avere risposta? Tutta l’acqua del mare accoglie pure la pioggia così ulteriormente accrescendo la sua scorta, così tu, che di “Voglio” sei assai ricca, aggiungi anche un “Voglio” per me alla tua riserva. Il tuo crudele “non Voglio”non uccida chiunque ti corteggia gentile pensali tutti come un unico “Voglio” e aggiungi, fra questi, il mio nome.
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- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 135
This text was added to the website: 2025-07-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 128