| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part I. | | XXXVII. If white ’s the Moon, thou Laura seem’st as white | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | IF white ’s the Moon, thou LAURA seem’st as white; | |
| And white ’s the gown which you on body wear. | |
| And if her whitely horns, in calmy night, | |
| She, smoothly gliding, shows to us most clear: | |
| You, in the daytime, more and brighter far | 5 |
| Your beauty show; like bright AURORA’s star. | |
| Like brightness both of you abroad do cast; | |
| Though not effect alike per accidens: | |
| You shine, she shines, your powers eternal last; | |
| But yet between you is great difference. | 10 |
| Her brightness freezeth, causing deadly cold: | |
| Yours doth inflame, and lovely fire doth hold. | | | | |
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