| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part I. | | X. If, Laura, thou dost turn ’gainst me in hate | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | IF, LAURA, thou dost turn ’gainst me in hate; | |
| Then me, such busses sweet why dost thou give? | |
| Why check’st thou not the Cheeks which give the mate? | |
| The vital cause whereby I breathe and live? | |
| Perhaps it is, because through too much joy, | 5 |
| As in sweet swound [swoon], I might away depart: | |
| If so thou do, and think me so to ’noy; | |
| Kiss hardly! and with kissing, breed my smart! | |
| Content am I to lose this life of mine; | |
| Whilst I do kiss that lovely lip of thine. | 10 | | | |
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