| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part I. | | VII. Down from the neck unto that dainty Breast | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | DOWN from the neck unto that dainty Breast, | |
| (Which Nature made a Mirror of Delight; | |
| And where a World of Beauties sweet do rest) | |
| Doth hang a costly Chain of Pearl most bright; | |
| And of proportion are so just and round, | 5 |
| That such in India rich cannot be found. | |
| Besides, their orient brightness is alike; | |
| So that mine eyes are dazzled with the same, | |
| And, not much used to see so fair a sight | |
| (A sight which doth the sun in glory stain), | 10 |
| Cannot discern, though them they both do see, | |
| If Breast be Pearl, or Pearl in Bosom be. | | | | |
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