| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part I. | | II. Though I do part, my heart yet doth not part | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | THOUGH I do part, my heart yet doth not part; | |
| My poor afflicted body parts in twain, | |
| And doth in pieces two divide my heart: | |
| One piece my fainting spirit doth sustain, | |
| The other part I leave with thee behind, | 5 |
| (The better part, and of my heart most dear); | |
| Then to that part, so parted, be thou kind! | |
| And to the same impart thy loving cheer! | |
| That I, returning, may again unite | |
| This parted heart; and find for grief, delight. London. | 10 | | | |
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