Sentence:  For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, / The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, / The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, / The insolence of office and the spurns / That patient merit of the unworthy takes, / When he himself might his quietus make / With a bare <WSD>bodkin</WSD>? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A dagger.